Hiob 3:19-26

19 Da sind beide, klein und groß, und der Knecht ist frei von seinem Herrn.

20 Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen und das Leben den betrübten Herzen

21 (die des Todes warten, und er kommt nicht, und grüben ihn wohl aus dem Verborgenen,

22 die sich sehr freuten und fröhlich wären, wenn sie ein Grab bekämen),

23 dem Manne, dessen Weg verborgen ist und vor ihm von Gott verzäunt ward?

24 Denn wenn ich essen soll, muß ich seufzen, und mein Heulen fährt heraus wie Wasser.

25 Denn was ich gefürchtet habe ist über mich gekommen, und was ich sorgte, hat mich getroffen.

26 War ich nicht glückselig? War ich nicht fein stille? Hatte ich nicht gute Ruhe? Und es kommt solche Unruhe!

Hiob 3:19-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 3

In this chapter we have an account of Job's cursing the day of his birth, and the night of his conception; Job 3:1-3; first the day, to which he wishes the most extreme darkness, Job 3:4,5; then the night, to which he wishes the same and that it might be destitute of all joy, and be cursed by others as well as by himself, Job 3:6-9; The reasons follow, because it did not prevent his coming into the world, and because he died not on it, Job 3:10-12; which would, as he judged, have been an happiness to him; and this he illustrates by the still and quiet state of the dead, the company they are with, and their freedom from all trouble, oppression, and bondage, Job 3:13-19; but however, since it was otherwise with him, he desires his life might not be prolonged, and expostulates about the continuance of it, Job 3:20-23; and this by reason of his present troubles, which were many and great, and came upon him as he feared they would, and which had made him uneasy in his prosperity, Job 3:24-26.