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Job 3:2–3

And Job spake, and said,

aLet the day perish wherein I was born,

And the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

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Job 3:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

He said:

“May the day of my birth perish,

and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’

Job 3:2–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And Job said:

“Let the day perish on which I was born,

and the night that said,

‘A man is conceived.’

Job 3:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

He said:

“Let the day of my birth be erased,

and the night I was conceived.

Job 3:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And Job spoke, and said:

“May the day perish on which I was born,

And the night in which it was said,

‘A male child is conceived.’

Job 3:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

saying:

“Let the day I was born be destroyed,

and the night it was said, ‘A boy is born!’

Job 3:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And Job answered and said:

Let the day perish wherein I was born,

And the night which said,

There is a man-child conceived.

Job 3:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And Job answered and said, Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

Job 3:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Job said, 

“Scratch out the day I was born 

and the night that said, ‘A boy has been conceived!’ 

Job 3:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He said:

May the day I was born perish,

and the night when they said,

“A boy is conceived.”

Job 3:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Job said:

“Let the day perish in which I was born,

and the night that said,

‘A man-child is conceived.’

Job 3:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Thus Job spoke up and said,

“Let the day perish on which I was born,

and the night that said, ‘A man-child is conceived.’

Job 3:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He said,

“May the day I was born be wiped out.

May the night be wiped away when people said, ‘A boy is born!’

Job 3:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And Job said,

“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,

And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’


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