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Job 3

Job 3:8

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

Modern
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Traditional
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Literal
May they curse it, those cursing the day, those ready to rouse Leviathan.
Latin
Maledicant ei qui maledicunt diei, qui parati sunt suscitare Leviathan.

Original

Hebrew
English
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Notes

Job 3:8

The phrase those who curse the day refers to people paid to curse, like Balaam (Numbers 22–24).

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

People

Leviathan: A large sea creature mentioned in the Bible

Glossary

Book of Job Leviathan

Topics

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