Job 3:2

Job 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Job spake, and said,
• New International Version (NIV)He said:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Job said:
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Job spoke, and said:

Context of Job 3:2

1After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born. He said: 3May the day I was born perish, and the night that said, “A boy is conceived.” 4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.

Job 3:2 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• spakeעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Commentaries on Job 3:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And Job spake - Margin, as in Hebrew, “answered.” The Hebrew word used here ענה ‛ânâh “to answer,” is often employed when one commences a discourse, even though no question had preceded. It is somewhat in the sense of replying to a subject, or of speaking in a case where a question might appropriately be asked; Zechariah 3:4; Deuteronomy 26:5 (Hebrew), Deuteronomy 27:14 (Hebrew). The word “to answer” ̓́ apokrinomai is frequently used in this way in the…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. 22. spake--Hebrew, "answered," that is, not to any actual question that preceded, but to the question virtually involved in the case. His outburst is singularly wild and bold (Jr 20:14). To desire to die so as to be free from sin is a mark of grace; to desire to die so as to escape troubles is a mark of corruption. He was ill-fitted to die who was so unwilling to live. But his trials were greater, and his light less, than ours.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Job
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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