Job 3:3

“May the day on which I was born perish, 1 the night that said, 'A boy has been conceived.' 1

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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

2He said, 1

4May that day be dark; 1 may not God from above call it to mind, 1 neither may the sun shine on it. 1

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Cross References

Job 10:18Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? 1 I wish I had given up my spirit and that no eye had ever seen me. 1

Jeremiah 20:14Let the day when I was born be cursed. 1 Do not let the day that my mother bore me be blessed. 1

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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