Job 3:8 “May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse…”

Job 3:8

May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them that curse the day, (being readie to renue their mourning) curse it.

Darby Translation

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

Young's Literal Translation

Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.

Bible in Basic English

Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

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Cross references

“who are ready”

2 Chronicles 35:25 Amos 5:16 Matthew 11:17 Mark 5:38 Jeremiah 9:17 Jeremiah 9:18

2 Chronicles 35:25 · BSB

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

Amos 5:16 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to…

Matthew 11:17 · BSB

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

Mark 5:38 · BSB

When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.

Jeremiah 9:17 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

Jeremiah 9:18 · BSB

Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

“their mourning”

Job 41:1 Job 41:10

Job 41:1 · BSB

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Job 41:10 · BSB

No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

Also

Job 41:25

Job 41:25 · BSB

When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

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