Catholic Public Domain Version
"For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep "
— Job 3:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”
“For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest, ”
“For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,”
“For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace”
“For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep:”
“For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,”
“For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,”
For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.
Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,
or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.