Job 3:1
And Iyov spoke, and said, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this Iyov sinned not, nor natan tiflah l'Elohim (charged G-d with folly).
Job 2:9Then said his isha unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Curse Elohim, and die.
Job 35:16Therefore doth Iyov open his mouth hevel (in vain); 1 he multiplieth words without da'as.
Psalms 106:33Because they provoked his ruach 1 and he + 106:33 Moshe spoke unadvisedly with his sfatayim (lips). 1
Jeremiah 20:14Arur (cursed) be the day 1 wherein I was born; 1 let not the day wherein immi bore me 1 yehi baruch (be blessed). 1
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 →