American Standard Version
Job 3:3
3Let the day perish wherein I was born,And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
Job 3:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
- New International Version (NIV)“May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)“May the day perish on which I was born, And the night in which it was said, ‘A male child is conceived.’
Context of Job 3:3
1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2And Job answered and said: Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived. 4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it. 5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
Read all of Job 3Job 3:3 word by word
יֹ֣אבַד י֭וֹם אִוָּ֣לֶד בּ֑וֹ וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה אָ֝מַ֗ר הֹ֣רָה גָֽבֶר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 3:3
- Job 10:18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.
- Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Commentaries on Job 3:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3There is a man-child conceived - The word הרה harah signifies to conceive; yet here, it seems, it should be taken in the sense of being born, as it is perfectly unlikely that the night of conception should be either distinctly known or published.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Let the day perish - “Perish the day! O that there had never been such a day! Let it be blotted from the memory of man! There is something singularly bold, sublime, and “wild” in this exclamation. It is a burst of feeling where there had been long restraint, and where now it breaks forth in the most vehement and impassioned manner. The word “perish” here יאבד yo'bad expresses the “optative,” and indicates strong desire. So the Septuagint, ̓́ Apoloito “may…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Job spoke and risked words of sin (1:21; 2:10). Job cursed the day of his birth in great detail. However, his words sounded more like sad complaints. Job did not curse God as his creator, but he showed grief about the condition of his life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the night in which--rather "the night which said." The words in italics are not in the Hebrew. Night is personified and poetically made to speak. So in Job 3:7, and in Psa 19:2. The birth of a male in the East is a matter of joy; often not so of a female.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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