KJV ¹ After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

WLC ¹ אַחֲרֵי־ כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת־ פִּ֔יהוּ וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־ יוֹמֽוֹ׃

KJV ² And Job spake, and said,

WLC ² וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

KJV ³ Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

WLC ³ יֹ֣אבַד י֭וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר׃

KJV ⁴ Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

WLC ⁴ הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֗וּא יְֽהִ֫י חֹ֥שֶׁךְ אַֽל־ יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־ תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה׃

KJV ⁵ Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

WLC ⁵ יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־ עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנָ֑ה יְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּ כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵי יֽוֹם׃

KJV ⁶ As 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.

WLC ⁶ הַלַּ֥יְלָה הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ אֹ֥פֶל אַל־ יִ֭חַדְּ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־ יָבֹֽא׃

KJV ⁷ Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

WLC ⁷ הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־ תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽוֹ׃

KJV ⁸ Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

WLC ⁸ יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־ י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

KJV ⁹ Let 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:

WLC ⁹ יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־ לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־ יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־ שָֽׁחַר׃

KJV ¹⁰ Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

WLC ¹⁰ כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃

KJV ¹¹ Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

WLC ¹¹ לָ֤מָּה לֹּ֣א מֵרֶ֣חֶם אָמ֑וּת מִבֶּ֖טֶן יָצָ֣אתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

KJV ¹² Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

WLC ¹² מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־ שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃

KJV ¹³ For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

WLC ¹³ כִּֽי־ עַ֭תָּה שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀ יָנ֬וּחַֽ לִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁴ With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves;

WLC ¹⁴ עִם־ מְ֭לָכִים וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי אָ֑רֶץ הַבֹּנִ֖ים חֳרָב֣וֹת לָֽמוֹ׃

KJV ¹⁵ Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

WLC ¹⁵ א֣וֹ עִם־ שָׂ֭רִים זָהָ֣ב לָהֶ֑ם הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם כָּֽסֶף׃

KJV ¹⁶ Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

WLC ¹⁶ א֤וֹ כְנֵ֣פֶל טָ֭מוּן לֹ֣א אֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים לֹא־ רָ֥אוּ אֽוֹר׃

KJV ¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

WLC ¹⁷ שָׁ֣ם רְ֭שָׁעִים חָ֣דְלוּ רֹ֑גֶז וְשָׁ֥ם יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ יְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃

KJV ¹⁸ There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

WLC ¹⁸ יַ֭חַד אֲסִירִ֣ים שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ ק֣וֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃

KJV ¹⁹ The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

WLC ¹⁹ קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃

KJV ²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

WLC ²⁰ לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

KJV ²¹ Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

WLC ²¹ הַֽמְחַכִּ֣ים לַמָּ֣וֶת וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃

KJV ²² Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

WLC ²² הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־ גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־ קָֽבֶר׃

KJV ²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

WLC ²³ לְ֭גֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־ דַּרְכּ֣וֹ נִסְתָּ֑רָה וַיָּ֖סֶךְ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃

KJV ²⁴ For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

WLC ²⁴ כִּֽי־ לִפְנֵ֣י לַ֭חְמִי אַנְחָתִ֣י תָבֹ֑א וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּ כַ֝מַּ֗יִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃

KJV ²⁵ For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

WLC ²⁵ כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽי׃

KJV ²⁶ I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

WLC ²⁶ לֹ֤א שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי ׀ וְלֹ֖א שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי וְֽלֹא־ נָ֗חְתִּי וַיָּ֥בֹא רֹֽגֶז׃