Job 3:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

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  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad.
  • Ps 39:2-3 : 2 I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. 3 My heart burned within me, while I was musing, the fire burned: then I spoke with my tongue,
  • Ps 106:33 : 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all this Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.
  • Job 2:9-9 : 9 Then his wife said to him, Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God, and die. 10 But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
  • Job 3:3 : 3 Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 3:2-4
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    89%

    2And Job spoke, and said,

    3Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.

    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

  • Job 19:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 23:1-2
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    1Then Job answered and said,

    2Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 1But Job answered and said,

  • Job 3:7-9
    3 verses
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    7Behold, let that night be barren, let no joyful shout come in it.

    8Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up their lamentation.

    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • 1But Job answered and said,

  • 1Then Job answered and said,

  • 3Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • 1Moreover, Job continued his discourse and said,

  • 1And Job answered and said,

  • 1Moreover, Job continued his speech and said,

  • 1Then Job answered the LORD and said,

  • 14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed.

  • 1But Job answered and said,

  • Job 33:1-2
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    71%

    1Therefore, Job, I beg you, listen to my speeches, and pay attention to all my words.

    2Behold, now I have opened my mouth; my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

  • 9Then his wife said to him, Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God, and die.

  • Job 42:6-7
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    6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

    7And it was so, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My anger is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

  • 16Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.

  • 14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • 1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

  • 11But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face."

  • 1Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said,

  • Job 1:20-22
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    69%

    20Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell to the ground and worshipped.

    21And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

    22In all this Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

  • 5And it was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.

  • 5Oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • 65Give them sorrow of heart, Your curse upon them.

  • 30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

  • Ps 109:17-18
    2 verses
    68%

    17As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    18As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  • Jas 3:9-10
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    9With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • 1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

  • 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 3Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

  • 13And there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

  • 3Surely against me He is turned; He turns His hand against me all day long.

  • 35Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

  • 7So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

  • 3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?