Job 3:1

Job 3:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
• New International Version (NIV)After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Context of Job 3:1

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. 2Job spoke up and said: 3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’

Job 3:1 word by word

אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהוּ וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• this openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• Jobאִיּוֹב'îyôb · JobH347
• his mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and cursedקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
• his dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Job 3:1

• Job 1:22In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.
• Job 2:10But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
• Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
• Psalms 39:2I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;
• Psalms 106:33for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.
• Job 3:3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man has been conceived!’
• Job 1:11But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
• Job 2:5But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
• Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

Commentaries on Job 3:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1After this opened Job his mouth - After the seven days' mourning was over, there being no prospect of relief, Job is represented as thus cursing the day of his birth. Here the poetic part of the book begins; for most certainly there is nothing in the preceding chapters either in the form or spirit of Hebrew poetry. It is easy indeed to break the sentences into hemistichs; but this does not constitute them poetry: for, although Hebrew poetry is in general…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1After this - Dr. Good renders this, “at length.” It means after the long silence of his friends, and after he saw that there was no prospect of relief or of consolation. Opened Job his mouth - The usual formula in Hebrew to denote thc commencement of a speech; see Matthew 5:2. Schultens contends that it means boldness and vehemency of speech, ̓̔́ parrēsia or an opening of the mouth for the purpose of accusing, expostulating, or complaining; or to begin…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Job complains that he was born. (1-10) Job complaining. (11-19) He complains of his life. (20-26) Verses 1-10 For seven days Job's friends sat by him in silence, without offering consolidation: at the same time Satan assaulted his mind to shake his confidence, and to fill him with hard thoughts of God. The permission seems to have extended to this, as well as to torturing the body. Job was an especial type of Christ, whose inward sufferings, both 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. 1THE POEM OR DEBATE ITSELF (Job 3:2-42:6). FIRST SERIES IN IT (Job 3:1-14:22). JOB FIRST (Job 3:1-26). 1. opened his mouth--The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity (Psa 78:2). He formally began. cursed his day--the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in Job 1:5. Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.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