Job 3 - Compare Translations
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Job 3:1
KJVAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
WEBAfter this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
YLTAfter this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
Job 3:2
KJVAnd Job spake, and said,
WEBJob answered:
YLTAnd Job answereth and saith: --
Job 3:3
KJVLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
WEB“Let the day perish in which I was born,
YLTLet the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'
Job 3:4
KJVLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
WEBLet that day be darkness.
YLTThat day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
Job 3:5
KJVLet darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
WEBLet darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own.
YLTLet darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
Job 3:6
KJVAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
WEBAs for that night, let thick darkness seize on it.
YLTThat night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
Job 3:7
KJVLo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
WEBBehold, let that night be barren.
YLTLo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
Job 3:8
KJVLet them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
WEBLet them curse it who curse the day,
YLTLet the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
Job 3:9
KJVLet the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
WEBLet the stars of its twilight be dark.
YLTLet the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.
Job 3:10
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Job 3:11
KJVWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
WEB“Why didn’t I die from the womb?
YLTWhy from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
Job 3:12
KJVWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
WEBWhy did the knees receive me?
YLTWherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
Job 3:13
KJVFor now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
WEBFor now should I have lain down and been quiet.
YLTFor now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
Job 3:14
KJVWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;
WEBwith kings and counselors of the earth,
YLTWith kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.
Job 3:15
KJVOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
WEBor with princes who had gold,
YLTOr with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses [with] silver.
Job 3:16
KJVOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
WEBor as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
YLT(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)
Job 3:17
KJVThere the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
WEBThere the wicked cease from troubling.
YLTThere the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.
Job 3:18
KJVThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
WEBThere the prisoners are at ease together.
YLTTogether prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,
Job 3:19
KJVThe small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
WEBThe small and the great are there.
YLTSmall and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.
Job 3:20
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Job 3:21
KJVWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
WEBWho long for death, but it doesn’t come;
YLTWho are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
Job 3:22
KJVWhich rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
WEBwho rejoice exceedingly,
YLTWho are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.
Job 3:23
KJVWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
WEBWhy is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
YLTTo a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Job 3:24
KJVFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
WEBFor my sighing comes before I eat.
YLTFor before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
Job 3:25
KJVFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
WEBFor the thing which I fear comes on me,
YLTFor a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.
Job 3:26
KJVI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
WEBI am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest;
YLTI was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!
26 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT