Job 3:2

Translations

Modern

And this is what he said:

Traditional

And Job spake, and said,

Literal

And Job spoke and said:

Latin

…et locutus est:

Original

Hebrew

English

And this is what he said:

Notes

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).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Judges 18:14
Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

People

Job: A righteous man who endured great suffering

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

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

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