Job 3:1-3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:1-10

Long was Job's heart hot within him; and, while he was musing, the fire burned, and the more for being stifled and suppressed. At length he spoke with his tongue, but not such a good word as David spoke after a long pause: Lord, make me to know my end, Ps. 39:3, 4. Seven days the prophet Ezekiel sat down astonished with the captives, and then (probably on the sabbath day) the word of the Lord came to him, Ezek. 3:15, 16. So long Job and his friends sat thinking, but said nothing; they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:1

After this opened Job his mouth ,.... order to speak, and began to speak of his troubles and afflictions, and the sense he had of them; for though, this phrase may sometimes signify to speak aloud, clearly and distinctly, and with great freedom and boldness, yet here it seems to design no more than beginning to speak, or breaking silence after it had been long kept: be spake after his first trial and blessed the name of the Lord, and upon his second, and reproved his wife for her foolish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:2

And Job spake, and said. Or "answered and said" F20 ויען "et respondit", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt, Schultens, Michaelis. , though not a word was spoken to him by his friends; he answered to his own calamity, and to their silence, as Schmidt observes; and this word is sometimes used when nothing goes before, to which the answer is, as many Jewish writers observe, as in Exodus 32:27 ; Jarchi interprets it, "he cried", and so some others F21 "Clamavitquo", Mercerus; "nam... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:3

Let the day perish wherein I was born ,.... Here begins Job's form of cursing his day, and which explains what is meant by it; and it may be understood either of the identical day of his birth, and then the sense is, that he wished that had never been, or, in other words, that he had never been born; and though these were impossible, and Job knew it, and therefore such wishes may seem to be in vain, yet Job had a design herein, which was to show the greatness of his afflictions, and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:1

After this opened Job his mouth - After the seven days' mourning was over, there being no prospect of relief, Job is represented as thus cursing the day of his birth. Here the poetic part of the book begins; for most certainly there is nothing in the preceding chapters either in the form or spirit of Hebrew poetry. It is easy indeed to break the sentences into hemistichs; but this does not constitute them poetry: for, although Hebrew poetry is in general in hemistichs, yet it does not follow... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:3

There is a man-child conceived - The word הרה harah signifies to conceive; yet here, it seems, it should be taken in the sense of being born, as it is perfectly unlikely that the night of conception should be either distinctly known or published. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1

After this opened Job his mouth . The first to take the word is Job, as, indeed, etiquette made necessary, when the visit paid was one of condolence. It can only be conjectured what the feelings were which had kept him silent so long. We may, perhaps, suggest that in the countenances and manner of his friends he saw something which displeased him, something indicative of their belief that he had brought his afflictions upon himself by secret sins of a heinous character. Pharisaism finds it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1

The curse of despair. Job had endured bravely up to this moment. But when his courage broke down his despair swept all before it like an avalanche. Existence itself then seemed only a curse, and Job thought it a matter of regret that he had ever been brought into the world. In his despair he cursed the day of his birth. I. THE CAUSES OF THE CURSE . Job was no mere dyspeptic pessimist. His utterance of despair was not simply bred from the gloom of a discontented mind. Nor was he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-10

The stricken patriarch's lament: 1. Deploring his birth. I. DELIBERATE DISCOURSE . 1 . The time. "After this;" i.e. after the seven days' silence, after waiting, perhaps, for some expression of sympathy from his friends, perhaps also after discerning no mitigation in his misery—an indication that Job spoke not under the influence of some sudden paroxysm of grief, but with fixed resolve and after mature consideration. Language that is passionate may also be deliberate; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-12

Human infirmity revealed in deep affliction. Frail is the heart of man. With all its heroism, its endurance and power, yet the stout heart yields and the brave spirit is cowed. The strongest bends beneath the heavy pressure. But if the human life is to be truthfully presented, its failures as well as its excellences must be set forth. It is an evidence that the writer is attempting an impartial statement, and in the midst of his poetical representations is not led away to mere extravagance... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-12

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