Job 3:1-7

1 Daarna opende Job zijn mond, en vervloekte zijn dag.

2 Want Job antwoordde en zeide:

3 De dag verga, waarin ik geboren ben, en de nacht, waarin men zeide: Een knechtje is ontvangen;

4 Diezelve dag zij duisternis; dat God naar hem niet vrage van boven; en dat geen glans over hem schijne;

5 Dat de duisternis en des doods schaduw hem verontreinigen; dat wolken over hem wonen; dat hem verschrikken de zwarte dampen des dags!

6 Diezelve nacht, donkerheid neme hem in; dat hij zich niet verheuge onder de dagen des jaars; dat hij in het getal der maanden niet kome!

7 Ziet, diezelve nacht zij eenzaam; dat geen vrolijk gezang daarin kome;

Job 3:1-7 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.