Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 And this is what he said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
- KJV
- After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
- WEB
- After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
- ASV
- After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
- DARBY
- After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
- BLB
- After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
- ÅB
- Deretter åpnet Job sin munn og forbannet den dag han ble født.
- OTB
- Etter disse hendelsene talte Job og klaget over dagen han ble født.
- B1930
- Derefter oplot Job sin munn og forbannet den dag han blev født.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 20:14–15
Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
Read in contextPsalms 106:33
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
Read in contextPsalms 39:2–3
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Read in contextJob 2:9–10
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Read in contextJob 3:3
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
Read in contextJob 35:16
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Read in contextJob 1:22
In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
Read in contextJob 2:5
But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Read in context