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Job 3:13

New American Bible - revised edition

For then I should have lain down and been tranquil; had I slept, I should then have been at rest

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Before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of gloom,

The dark, disordered land where darkness is the only light.

You prevail once for all against them and they pass on; you dismiss them with changed appearance.

For my years are numbered, and I go the road of no return.

If my only hope is dwelling in Sheol, and spreading my couch in darkness,

As for me, I know that my vindicator lives, and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust.

I will see for myself, my own eyes, not another’s, will behold him: my inmost being is consumed with longing.

They live out their days in prosperity, and tranquilly go down to Sheol.

One dies in his full vigor, wholly at ease and content;

Alike they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.

Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters, Sheol, those who have sinned.

May the womb forget him, may the worm find him sweet, may he no longer be remembered; And may wickedness be broken like a tree.

The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.

Naked before him is Sheol, and Abaddon has no covering.

Why did knees receive me, or breasts nurse me?

There is no darkness so dense that evildoers can hide in it.

Why do you not pardon my offense, or take away my guilt? For soon I shall lie down in the dust; and should you seek me I shall be gone.

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

They do not rest with the warriors who fell in ancient times, who went down to Sheol fully armed. Their swords were placed under their heads and their shields laid over their bones; For there was terror of these warriors in the land of the living.




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