Job lamenteth, describing his own, and the general calamities of man, 13. and showing how to escape many miseries which either are never born or die presently after their birth.Iob lamenteth, describing his owne, and the general calamities of man, 13. and shewing how to escape manie miseries which either are neuer borne or dye presently after their borth.✦
After these things Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,AFTER these things Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day,✦Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,
2and spake.and spake.et locutus est :
3Perish may the day wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: A man is conceived.Perish may the day wherin I was borne, and the night wherin it was sayd: A man is conceiued.✦Pereat dies in qua natus sum, et nox in qua dictum est : Conceptus est homo.
4Be that day turned into darkness. God require it not from above, and let it not be lightened with light.Be that day turned into darkenesse. God require it not from aboue, and let it not be lightened with-light.✦Dies ille vertatur in tenebras : non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine.
5Let darkness, and the shadow of death obscure it, let a mist possess it, and be it wrapped in bitterness.Let darkenes, and the shadow of death obscure it, let a mist possesse it, and be it wrapped in bitternesse.Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis ; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine.
6A darksome hurl turbo: a whirlwind, a violent rotating windstorm possess that night, be it not counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.A darkesome hurle wind possesse that night, be it not counted in the daies of the yeare, nor numbred in the monethes.✦Noctem illam tenebrosus turbo possideat ; non computetur in diebus anni, nec numeretur in mensibus.
7Be that night solitary, nor praise worthy.Be that night solitarie, nor prayse worthie.✦Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.
8Let them curse it which curse the day, which are ready to raise up Leviathan.Let them curse it which curse the day, which are readie to raise vp Leuiathan.✦Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan.
9Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and let it not see, neither the rising of the appearing morning.Let the starres be darkened with the mist therof: let it expect light and let it not see, neither the rysing of the appearing morning.✦Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus ; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.
10Because it shut not up the doors of the womb, that bare me, nor took away evils from mine eyes.Because it shut not vp the doores of the wombe, that bare me, nor tooke away euils from myne eies.✦Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis.
11Why died I not in the vulva: the womb, perished not forthwith being come forth of the womb?Why died I not in the matrice, perished not forthwith being come forth of the wombe?Quare non in vulva mortuus sum ? egressus ex utero non statim perii ?
12Why received upon the knees? why nursed with the breasts?Why receiued vpon the knees? why nurced with the breastes?Quare exceptus genibus ? cur lactatus uberibus ?
13For now sleeping I should be quiet, and should rest in my sleep:For now sleping I should be quiet, and should rest in my sleepe:✦Nunc enim dormiens silerem, et somno meo requiescerem
14With kings and consulibus: Roman consuls (magistrates); counsellors, men of high counsel of the earth, which build themselves solitary places:With kinges and consules of the earth, which build themselues solitarie places:cum regibus et consulibus terræ, qui ædificant sibi solitudines ;
15Or with princes, that possess gold, and replenish their houses with silver:Or with princes, that possesse gold, and replenish their houses with siluer:✦aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento ;
16Or as a thing untimely born that is hid I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.Or as a thing vntimely borne that is hid I should not be, or as they that being conceiued haue not seene the light.✦aut sicut abortivum absconditum non subsisterem, vel qui concepti non viderunt lucem.
17There the impious have ceased from tumult, and there the wearied with strength have rested.There the impious haue ceased from tumult, & there the wearied with strength haue rested.✦Ibi impii cessaverunt a tumultu, et ibi requieverunt fessi robore.
18And they sometime bound together without grief, have not heard the voice of the exactor: a demanding or exacting person; the officer who exacts payment, a taskmaster.And they sometime bound together without griefe, haue not heard the voyce of the exactor.✦Et quondam vincti pariter sine molestia, non audierunt vocem exactoris.
19Little and great are there, and the servant free from his master.Litle and great are there, and the seruant free from his master.✦Parvus et magnus ibi sunt, et servus liber a domino suo.
20Why is there light given to a miserable man, and life to them, that are in bitterness of soul?Why is there light geuen to a miserable man, and life to them, that are in bitternesse of soule?✦Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt :
21That expect death, and it cometh not, as they that dig up treasure.That expect death, and it cometh not, as they that dig vp treasure.✦qui expectant mortem, et non venit, quasi effodientes thesaurum ;
22And they rejoice exceedingly when they have found the grave.And they reioyce exceedingly when they haue found the graue.✦gaudentque vehementer cum invenerint sepulchrum ?
23To a man whose life is hid, and God hath compassed him with darkness?To a man whose life is hid, and God hath compassed him with darknes?✦viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris ?
24Before I eat I sigh: and as it were overflowing waters to my roaring:Before I eate I sigh: and as it were ouerflowing waters to my roaring:✦Antequam comedam, suspiro ; et tamquam inundantes aquæ, sic rugitus meus :
25Because the fear which I feared, hath chanced to me: and that which I was afraid of, hath happened.Because the feare which I feared, hath chanced to me: and that which I was afrayd of, hath happened.✦quia timor quem timebam evenit mihi, et quod verebar accidit.
26have I not dissembled? have I not kept silence? have I not been at ease? and indignation is come upon me.haue I not dissembled? haue I not kept silence? haue I not beene at ease? and indignation is come vpon me.✦Nonne dissimulavi ? nonne silui ? nonne quievi ? et venit super me indignatio.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.