Job 3:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.”
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BSBPD
“May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 3:8 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
- Job 41:1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
- Job 41:10No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
- Job 41:25When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
- Amos 5:16Therefore 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 wail.
- Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- Mark 5:38When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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