Job 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me. 15 A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.
  • Ps 39:2-3 : 2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow. 3 My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
  • Ps 106:33 : 33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.
  • Job 2:9-9 : 9 And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself. 10 And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
  • Job 3:3 : 3 Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.
  • Job 35:16 : 16 And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

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  • Job 3:2-4
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    89%

    2Job made answer and said,

    3Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

    4That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

  • Job 19:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And Job made answer and said,

    2How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

  • Job 23:1-2
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    1And Job made answer and said,

    2Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • Job 3:7-9
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    75%

    7As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;

    8Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

    9Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

  • 1Then Job made answer and said,

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 3Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

  • 1And Job again took up the word and said,

  • 1And Job made answer and said,

  • 1And Job again took up the word and said,

  • 1And Job said in answer to the Lord,

  • 14A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

  • 1Then Job made answer and said,

  • Job 33:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

    2See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

  • 9And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

  • Job 42:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

    7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

  • 16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.

  • 14Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

  • 1And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

  • 11But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

  • 1Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,

  • Job 1:20-22
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    20Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

    21With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

    22In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

  • 5And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

  • 5But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • 65You will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.

  • 30(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

  • Ps 109:17-18
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    68%

    17As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.

    18He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

  • Jas 3:9-10
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    9With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

    10Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

  • 1I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

  • 11So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

  • 3And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.

  • 13And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,

  • 3Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

  • 35Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

  • 7And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

  • 3Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?