Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. ¹ 

I will bless those who bless you, ¹  but the one who treats you lightly ²  I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another ³  by your name.”

He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness.

So ¹  now, please come and curse this nation ²  for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them ³  and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, ⁴  and whoever you curse is cursed.”

If you do not listen and take seriously ¹  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ²  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

“‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. ¹ 

But God said to Balaam, “You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, ¹  for they are blessed.” ² 

Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all ¹  nor bless them at all!” ² 

‘Cursed ¹  is the one who disrespects ²  his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ ¹  Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who kills ¹  his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

That is why the Lord’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses ¹  written in this scroll.

Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

Then ¹  Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll.

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction ¹  and this day grant me good in place of his curse.” ² 

After this Job opened his mouth ²  and cursed ³  the day he was born. ⁴