Job 3:8 - Easy To Read Version Some magicians are always wanting\par to wake Leviathan. {\cf2\super [9]} \par So let them say their curses,\par and curse the day I was born.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to raise up their mourning. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan. American Standard Version (1901) Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan. Common English Bible May those who curse the day curse it, those with enough skill to awaken Leviathan. Catholic Public Domain Version May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to raise up a leviathan. |
Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing those sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. Those songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.
Don’t let that night produce anything.\par Let no happy shout be heard on that night.\par
Let that day’s morning star be dark.\par Let that night wait for the morning,\par but may that light never come.\par Don’t let it see the first rays of sunlight.\par
“Job, can you catch Leviathan {\cf2\super [99]} with a fishhook?\par Can you tie his tongue with a rope?\par
When Leviathan gets up,\par strong people are afraid.\par They run away\par when Leviathan swings his tail.\par
At that time, the Lord will judge\par Leviathan, {\cf2\super [246]} the crooked snake.\par The Lord will use his great sword,\par his hard and powerful sword, to punish\par Leviathan, the coiled snake.\par The Lord will kill\par the large creature in the sea. {\cf2\super [247]} \par
My Master, God All-Powerful, says,\par “People will be crying in the public places.\par People will be crying in the streets.\par People will hire the professional criers. {\cf2\super [71]} \par
‘We played flute music for you,\par but you did not dance;\par we sang a sad song,\par but you were not sad.’\par
Jesus and these followers went to the house of Jairus, the synagogue {\cf2\super [59]} leader. Jesus saw many people there crying loudly. There was much confusion.