Job 3:1
After this, opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:22In all this, Job sinned not, nor imputed folly unto God.
Job 2:9Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!
Job 35:16Thus, Job, vainly openeth his mouth, Without knowledge, he multiplieth words.
Psalms 106:33For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
Jeremiah 20:14Accursed, be the day on which I was born,—The day when my mother bare me, 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 →