--- title: Job 3 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 3 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 3 # Job 3 26 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.1/) — אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃פ — After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. - [3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.2/) — וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — And Job spoke, and said: - [3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.3/) — יֹאבַד יוֹםאִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃ — Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.' - [3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.4/) — הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃ — Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. - [3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.5/) — יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃ — Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it. - [3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.6/) — הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃ — As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. - [3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.7/) — הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃ — Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein. - [3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.8/) — יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃ — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. - [3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.9/) — יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ — Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning; - [3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.10/) — כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃ — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes. - [3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.11/) — לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ — Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth? - [3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.12/) — מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃ — Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck? - [3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.13/) — כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃ — For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest — - [3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.14/) — עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃ — With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves; - [3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.15/) — אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃ — Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver; - [3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.16/) — אוֹכְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃ — Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light. - [3:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.17/) — שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃ — There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest. - [3:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.18/) — יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃ — There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster. - [3:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.19/) — קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃ — The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master. - [3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.20/) — לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃ — Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul — - [3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.21/) — הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃ — Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; - [3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.22/) — הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃ — Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? — - [3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.23/) — לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃ — To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? - [3:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.24/) — כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃ — For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water. - [3:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.25/) — כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃ — For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me. - [3:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.26/) — לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃פ — I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came. - ← previous: [Job 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/2/) - next →: [Job 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/4/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)