Job 3:8

Job 3:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
• New International Version (NIV)May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up Leviathan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)May those curse it who curse the day, Those who are ready to arouse Leviathan.

Context of Job 3:8

6That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year, nor be entered among the number of months. 7Indeed, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout enter it. May those who curse, curse the day— those ready to awaken Leviathan. 9May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn. 10For it did not shut the doors of the womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Job 3:8 word by word

יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let them curseנָקַבnâqab · to pierceH5344
• it that curseאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• who are readyעָתִיד‛âthîyd · readyH6264
• to raise upעוּר‛ûr · to rouseH5782
• their mourningלִוְיָתָןlivyâthân · LeviathanH3882

Cross-references for Job 3:8

• 2 Chronicles 35:25Now Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the singers, male and female, commemorated Josiah in their laments. And they made them an ordinance in Israel and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Jeremiah 9:17“Let them come quickly and lift up a wailing over us so our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water.”
• Amos 5:16Therefore thus said Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, my Lord: “There will be wailing in all plazas and in all streets. They will say: ‘Alas! Alas!’ The farmer will be called to mourning along with those who know the lamentation song.
• Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We wailed, but you did not mourn.’
• Mark 5:38They come to the house of the synagogue leader. He sees a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
• Job 41:1“See, his hope is wrong, he is laid low, even the sight of him.

Commentaries on Job 3:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Let them curse it that curse the day - This translation is scarcely intelligible. I have waded through a multitude of interpretations, without being able to collect from them such a notion of the verse as could appear to me probable. Schultens, Rosenmller, and after them Mr. Good, have labored much to make it plain. They think the custom of sorcerers who had execrations for peoples, places, things, days, etc., is here referred to; such as Balaam, Elymas…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Let them curse it who curse the day - This entire verse is exceedingly difficult, and many different expositions have been given of it. It seems evident that it refers to some well-known class of persons, who were accustomed to utter imprecations, and were supposed to have the power to render a day propitious or unpropitious - persons who had the power of divination or enchantment. A belief in such a power existed early in the world, and has prevailed in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The phrase those who curse the day refers to people paid to curse, like Balaam (Numbers 22–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. them ... curse the day--If "mourning" be the right rendering in the latter clause of this verse, these words refer to the hired mourners of the dead (Jr 9:17). But the Hebrew for "mourning" elsewhere always denotes an animal, whether it be the crocodile or some huge serpent (Is 27:1), such as is meant by "leviathan." Therefore, the expression, "cursers of day," refers to magicians, who were believed to be able by charms to make a day one of evil omen…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Prayer

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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