Job 3:1

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II. Job’s Dialogue With His Friends(3:1-27:33) Job Regrets His Birth After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 20:14-15 : 14 Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. 15 Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!
  • Ps 39:2-3 : 2 I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; 3 my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
  • Ps 106:33 : 33 for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly.
  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
  • Job 2:9-9 : 9 Then his wife said to him,“Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!” 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
  • Job 3:3 : 3 “Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’
  • Job 35:16 : 16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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