Job 3:1
After this Job opened his mouth, 1 And cursed his day,
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:22In all these events that befell him 1 Job sinned not at all before the Lord, 1 And did not impute folly to God.
Job 2:9e But say some word against the Lord, and die. 1
Job 35:16Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, 1 In ignorance he multiplies words.
Psalms 106:33He turns rivers into a desert, 1 And streams of water into a dry land; 1
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 3:1
"You have heard of the patience of Job," says the apostle, Jam. v. 11 . So we have, and of his impatience too. We wondered that a man should be so patient as he was ( ch. i. and ii. ), but we wonder also that a good man should be so impatient as he is in this chapter, where we find him cursing his day, and, in passion, I. Complaining that he was born, ver. 1-10 . II. Complaining that he did not die as soon as he was born, ver. 11-19 . III. Complaining that his life was now continued when he was in misery, ver.… Read the whole commentary →