1Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
2He said,
3“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated,
4I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness.
5I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day,
6I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar,
7I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET],
8I want those people who ◄curse/put evil spells on► days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
9I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day after I was conceived will not shine again.
10That was an evil day because my mother was able to conceive;
11“I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born—
12I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live.
13If I had died at the time when I was born,
14I would be resting with kings whose beautiful palaces that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt palaces that had previously been destroyed),
15I would be resting with princes who were wealthy,
16I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb
17After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles;
18Those who were in prison rest peacefully after they die;
19Rich people and poor people are alike after they die,
20◄“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly like me to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly like me to continue to remain alive.► [RHQ]
21They long/want to die, but they do not die.
22When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
23Those who do not know where they are eventually going when they die [RHQ],
24I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat;
25Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me;
26Now I have no peace in my inner being,