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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