1. After this opened Iyov his mouth, and cursed his yom.
2. And Iyov spoke, and said,
3. Let the yom perish wherein I was born, and halailah in which it was said, There is a gever born.
4. Let that yom be choshech; let not Elohim regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5. Let choshech and the tzalmavet (shadow of death) claim it; let an anan dwell upon it; let the blackness of the yom terrify it.
6. As for that lailah, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the yamim of the shanah, let it not come into the number of the months.
7. Hinei, let that lailah be barren; let no joyful shout come therein.
8. Let them curse it that curse the yam, who are ready to rouse Leviathan.