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Job 3

Job 3:10

Job Laments His Birth · Job 3:1–26
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Translations

Modern
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
Traditional
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
Literal
…for it did not shut the doors of my womb, and hide trouble from my eyes.
Latin
Quia non conclusit ostia ventris qui portavit me, nec abstulit mala ab oculis meis.

Original

Hebrew
English
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Notes

Job 3:10

shut the doors of the womb: Closing or opening the womb can mean conception (Genesis 16:2; 20:18; 29:31; 30:22; 1 Samuel 1:5–6). But here it means birth (see also Job 38:8).

Job 3:1–10

  • Job 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.

Job 3:1–26

Job's outbreak of emotion did not mean his integrity failed under pressure (42:7–8; James 5:11). The prophets Elijah and Jeremiah, both men of God, exaggerated with similar language (1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:14–18).

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer: Imprecatory