Job 3:1-6

Job Speaks

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’
4 That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.
5 May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it.
6 That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.

Cross References 4

  • 1. Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 20:14
  • 2. ver 11,16; Job 10:18-19; Ecclesiastes 4:2; Ecclesiastes 6:3; Jeremiah 20:14-18; Matthew 26:24
  • 3. Job 10:21,22; Job 34:22; Job 38:17; Psalms 23:4; Psalms 44:19; Psalms 88:12; Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 13:16
  • 4. Job 23:17; Job 30:26
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