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

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Jeremiah 20:14, Jeremiah 20:15, Jeremiah 20:14, Jeremiah 20:15, Psalms 106:33

2And he said:

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Judges 18:14, Judges 18:14

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

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Jeremiah 15:10, Jeremiah 20:14, Jeremiah 20:18, Job 10:18, Job 10:19

4Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

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Revelation 16:10, Matthew 27:45, Acts 27:20, Amos 5:18, Exodus 10:22

5Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

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Job 10:21, Job 10:22, Psalms 23:4, Job 10:21, Job 10:22

6Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.

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7Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

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Isaiah 24:8, Jeremiah 7:34, Revelation 18:22, Revelation 18:23, Isaiah 13:20

8Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan:

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Job 41:1, Job 41:1, Job 41:10, Job 41:10, Job 41:25

9Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

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Job 41:18, Job 41:18, Job 30:26, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 8:15

10Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

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Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 6:5, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 6:5, 1 Samuel 1:5

11Why did I not die in the womb? why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?

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Isaiah 46:3, Job 10:18, Job 10:19, Isaiah 46:3, Job 10:18

12Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?

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Genesis 30:3, Isaiah 66:12, Genesis 30:3, Isaiah 66:12, Genesis 50:23

13For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:

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Job 17:13, Job 19:27, Job 7:21, Job 21:23, Job 14:10

14With kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes:

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Job 15:28, Job 15:28, Isaiah 14:10, Isaiah 14:16, Isaiah 14:10

15Or with princes, that possess gold, and fill their houses with silver:

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Job 27:16, Job 27:17, Zephaniah 1:18, Isaiah 2:7, Job 22:25

16Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be; or as they that, being conceived, have not seen the light.

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Psalms 58:8, Psalms 58:8, Ecclesiastes 6:3, Ecclesiastes 6:3, 1 Corinthians 15:8

17There the wicked cease from tumult, and there the wearied in strength are at rest.

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Revelation 14:13, Revelation 14:13, Job 17:16, Job 17:16, Job 14:13

18And they sometime bound together without disquiet, have not heard the voice of the oppressor.

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Job 39:7, Job 39:7, Judges 4:3, Isaiah 14:3, Isaiah 14:4

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

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Job 30:23, Job 30:23, Hebrews 9:27, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Ecclesiastes 12:7

20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

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Jeremiah 20:18, Jeremiah 20:18, Job 7:15, Job 7:16, Job 7:15

21That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:

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Revelation 9:6, Revelation 9:6, Proverbs 2:4, Proverbs 2:4, Jonah 4:3

22And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave?

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23To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

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Job 19:8, Job 19:8, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:7, Isaiah 40:27

24Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:

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Psalms 102:9, Psalms 102:9, Psalms 80:5, Psalms 42:3, Psalms 42:4

25For the fear which I feared, hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.

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Job 1:5, Job 1:5, Job 30:15, Job 30:15, Job 31:23

26Have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been quiet? and indignation is come upon me.

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Job 7:14, Job 7:14, Job 27:9, Psalms 143:11, Job 27:9