Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Job 3:11-22 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

11. Why didn't I die at birth?

12. Why was I acceptedand allowed to nurseat my mother's breast?

13. Now I would be at peacein the silent world below

14. with kings and their adviserswhose palaces lie in ruins,

15. and with rulers once richwith silver and gold.

16. I wish I had been born deadand then buried, never to seethe light of day.

17. In the world of the dead,the wicked and the weary restwithout a worry.

18-19. Everyone is there—where captives and slavesare free at last.

20. Why does God let me livewhen life is miserableand so bitter?

21. I keep longing for deathmore than I would seeka valuable treasure.

22. Nothing could make me happierthan to be in the grave.