Keraia
Job 3

Job 3:15

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

Modern
…or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Traditional
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Literal
…or with the princes with gold unto them, those filling their houses with silver.
Latin
…aut cum principibus qui possident aurum, et replent domos suas argento;

Original

Hebrew
English
…or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Notes

Job 3:15

who had gold, who filled their houses with silver: This might refer to tombs filled with treasure. However, it more likely refers to the useless storing of wealth that ends in death (as in 3:14).

Job 3:11–24

Job's language shifts from wishing he was never born to grief. He goes from hating life towards an attraction for death. Job asks "why" seven times, as he has grief for his situation (3:11, 12, 16, 20, 23; see Psalms 10:1; 22:1; Jeremiah 20:18; Lamentations 5:20).

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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Complaints Life After Death

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Dead (People): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning