Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. New Living Translation Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day. English Standard Version Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan. Berean Standard Bible May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan. King James Bible Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. New King James Version May those curse it who curse the day, Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan. New American Standard Bible “May those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to disturb Leviathan. NASB 1995 “Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. NASB 1977 “Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. Legacy Standard Bible Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are ready to rouse Leviathan. Amplified Bible “Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan. Christian Standard Bible Let those who curse days condemn it, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. Holman Christian Standard Bible Let those who curse certain days cast a spell on it, those who are skilled in rousing Leviathan. American Standard Version Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Contemporary English Version Let those with magic powers place a curse on that day. English Revised Version Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. GOD'S WORD® Translation Let those who curse the day (those who know how to wake up Leviathan) curse that night. Good News Translation Tell the sorcerers to curse that day, those who know how to control Leviathan. International Standard Version Let whoever curses days curse it— those who are ready to awaken monsters. Majority Standard Bible May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan. NET Bible Let those who curse the day curse it--those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. New Heart English Bible Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Webster's Bible Translation Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. World English Bible Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLet the cursers of day mark it, "" Who are ready to wake up Leviathan. Young's Literal Translation Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan. Smith's Literal Translation They cursing the day shall curse it, they being ready to rouse up the sea monster. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLet them curse it who curse the day. who are ready to raise up a leviathan: Catholic Public Domain Version May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan. New American Bible Let them curse it who curse the Sea, those skilled at disturbing Leviathan! New Revised Standard Version Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleLet them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The cursers of the day shall curse it, those who are going to rouse up Leviathan OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Brenton Septuagint Translation But let him that curses that day curse it, even he that is ready to attack the great whale. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Laments His Birth…7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it. 8May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan. 9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.… Cross References Isaiah 27:1 In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea. Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name— Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. Psalm 74:13-14 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; / You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Ezekiel 32:2 “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’ Psalm 104:26 There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. Revelation 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. Jeremiah 51:34 “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out. Luke 11:29-30 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. / For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish. Psalm 89:10 You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. Isaiah 14:29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. Treasury of Scripture Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. who are ready. 2 Chronicles 35:25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. Jeremiah 9:17,18 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: … Amos 5:16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. their mourning. Job 41:1,10 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? … Jump to Previous Awake Curse Cursed Leviathan Mark Mourning Prepared Raise Ready Rouse Skilled WakeJump to Next Awake Curse Cursed Leviathan Mark Mourning Prepared Raise Ready Rouse Skilled WakeJob 3 1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.13. The ease of death. 20. He complains of life, because of his anguish. May those who curse the day This phrase introduces a group of people known for their ability to pronounce curses. In the ancient Near Eastern context, cursing was a serious act, often believed to have real power. The Hebrew word for "curse" here is "קָבַב" (qabab), which implies a strong, intentional invocation of misfortune. Job, in his deep anguish, is calling upon those who are skilled in cursing to direct their maledictions towards the day of his birth. This reflects the depth of his despair, as he wishes for the reversal of his existence. Historically, cursing was a recognized practice, and those who did so were often feared and respected for their perceived power over fate and fortune. curse it those prepared to rouse Leviathan These people are further described as being ready to arouse leviathan (Authorised Version, "raise up their mourning"), or the crocodile--persons as mad and desperate as that. Let the most hopeless and reckless of mankind select that day as the one which they would choose to curse. This seems to be Job's meaning. Verse 8. - Let them curse it that curse the day. Very different explanations are given of this passage. Some suppose it to mean, "Let those desperate men curse it who are in the habit of cursing their day," like Job himself (Job 3:1) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:14). Others suggest a reference to such as claimed power to curse days, and to divide them into the lucky and the unlucky. In this case Job would mean, "Let the sorcerers who curse days curse especially this day," and would thus seem, if not to sanction the practice, at any rate to express a certain amount of belief in the sorcerers' power. The second clause has also a double interpretation, which adapts it to either of these two suggested meanings (vide infra). Who are ready to raise up their mourning. This is an impossible rendering. Translate (with the Revised Version), who are ready to rouse up leviathan. "Rousing leviathan" may be understood in two ways. It may be regarded as spoken in the literal sense of those who are rash enough and desperate enough to stir up the fury of the crocodile (see the comment on Job 41:1), or in a metaphorical sense of such as stir up to action by their sorceries the great power of evil, symbolized in Oriental mythologies by a huge serpent, or dragon, or crocodile. On the whole, the second and deeper sense seems preferable; and we may conceive of Job as believing in the power of sorcery, and wishing it used against the night which he so much dislikes.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew May it be cursedאֹרְרֵי־ (’ō·rə·rê-) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 779: To execrate by those who curse יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ (yiq·qə·ḇu·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 5344: To puncture the day— י֑וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day those prepared הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים (hā·‘ă·ṯî·ḏîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6264: Prepared, skilful, treasure to rouse עֹרֵ֥ר (‘ō·rêr) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake Leviathan. לִוְיָתָֽן׃ (liw·yā·ṯān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3882: A wreathed animal, a serpent, dragon, Babylon Links Job 3:8 NIVJob 3:8 NLT Job 3:8 ESV Job 3:8 NASB Job 3:8 KJV Job 3:8 BibleApps.com Job 3:8 Biblia Paralela Job 3:8 Chinese Bible Job 3:8 French Bible Job 3:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 3:8 Let them curse it who curse (Jb) |
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