New Living Translation
Job 3:1
1At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth.
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
At last Job spoke, and he cursed the day of his birth. 2He said: 3“Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived.
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אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהוּ וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 3:1
- Job 1:22In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
- Job 2:10But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.
- Job 35:16But you are talking nonsense, Job. You have spoken like a fool.”
- Psalms 39:2But as I stood there in silence— not even speaking of good things— the turmoil within me grew worse.
- Psalms 106:33They made Moses angry, and he spoke foolishly.
- Job 3:3“Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived.
- Job 1:11But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!”
- Job 2:5But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”
- Jeremiah 20:14Yet I curse the day I was born! May no one celebrate the day of my birth.
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
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