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

Let the stars of its dawn be darkened; they waited for light, but have none; neither let them see the dawning of the day;

10 because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb nor hide the misery from my eyes.

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May those who curse days[a] curse that day,(A)
    those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.(B)
May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,(C)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:8 Or curse the sea