{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/job/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:34.548Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Job answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been conceived.'"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let 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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept — then there is rest to me,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Or with princes — they have gold, They are filling their houses with silver."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"I was not safe — nor was I quiet — Nor was I at rest — and trouble cometh!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 3 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 3](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/3 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}