Job 3:3

Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child!

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

In Context

2saying,

4Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

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Cross References

Job 10:18Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed.

Matthew Henry on Job 3:2-11

Job Curses His Day. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto… Read the whole commentary →

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