Job 3:6-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

6. Erase that night from the calendarand conceal it with darkness.

7. Don't let children be createdor joyful shouts be heardever again in that night.

8. Let those with magic powersplace a curse on that day.

9. Darken its morning starsand remove all hope of light,

10. because it let me be borninto a world of trouble.

11. Why didn't I die at birth?

12. Why was I acceptedand allowed to nurseat my mother's breast?

13. Now I would be at peacein the silent world below

14. with kings and their adviserswhose palaces lie in ruins,

15. and with rulers once richwith silver and gold.

16. I wish I had been born deadand then buried, never to seethe light of day.

17. In the world of the dead,the wicked and the weary restwithout a worry.

20. Why does God let me livewhen life is miserableand so bitter?

21. I keep longing for deathmore than I would seeka valuable treasure.

22. Nothing could make me happierthan to be in the grave.

Job 3