Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 3

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Job 3 . 1 , Job curses the day and services of his birth; Job 3 . 13 , The ease of death; Job 3 . 20 , He complains of life , because of his anguish.

Job 3:1

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Job 3:1 · BSB

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opened4 parallels

cursed6 parallels

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his day That is , the day of his birth.

Job 3:2

And this is what he said:

Job 3:2 · BSB

spake1 parallel

Heb. answered

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Job 3:3

"May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is conceived.'

Job 3:3 · BSB

Let the day5 parallels

That is , as we say , "Let it be blotted out of the calendar."

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Job 3:4

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Job 3:4 · BSB

darkness7 parallels

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Job 3:5

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Job 3:5 · BSB

the shadow16 parallels

let a cloud5 parallels

let the blackness2 parallels

or , let them terrify it , as those who have a bitter day

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stain it or , challenge it

Job 3:6

If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Job 3:6 · BSB

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let it not be joined unto the days or , let it not rejoice among the days

Job 3:7

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

Job 3:7 · BSB

solitary5 parallels

Job 3:8

May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Job 3:8 · BSB

who are ready6 parallels

their mourning2 parallels

or , a leviathan

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Job 3:9

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Job 3:9 · BSB

look for light3 parallels

the dawning of the day1 parallel

Heb. the eye-lids of the morning

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Job 3:10

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Job 3:10 · BSB

it shut not7 parallels

hid5 parallels

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Job 3:11

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

Job 3:11 · BSB

died I3 parallels

when I came5 parallels

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Job 3:12

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Job 3:12 · BSB

the knees5 parallels

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Job 3:13

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Job 3:13 · BSB

then had I been at rest2 parallels

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Job 3:14

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Job 3:14 · BSB

kings9 parallels

which built3 parallels

Who erect splendid mausoleums , funeral monuments , etc. to keep their names from perishing , while their bodies are turned to corruption

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Job 3:15

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Job 3:15 · BSB

who filled their houses7 parallels

That is , "the covetous , whom nothing can satisfy ," as the poet Saady has observed , "but the dust that fills his mouth , when laid in the grave."

Job 3:16

Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Job 3:16 · BSB

an hidden2 parallels

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Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Job 3:17 · BSB

the wicked7 parallels

at rest5 parallels

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the weary Heb. the wearied in strength

Job 3:18

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:18 · BSB

they6 parallels

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Job 3:19

Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

Job 3:19 · BSB

The small9 parallels

and the servant1 parallel

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Job 3:20

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 3:20 · BSB

Wherefore4 parallels

light3 parallels

the bitter5 parallels

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Job 3:21

who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Job 3:21 · BSB

long5 parallels

Heb. wait

dig1 parallel

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Job 3:22

who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

Job 3:22 · BSB

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Job 3:23

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

Job 3:23 · BSB

whose way1 parallel

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Job 3:24

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Job 3:24 · BSB

my sighing3 parallels

my roarings6 parallels

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I eat Heb. my meat

Job 3:25

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Job 3:25 · BSB

the thing2 parallels

etc. Heb. I feared a fear and it came upon me , that which

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Job 3:26

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

Job 3:26 · BSB

yet trouble came2 parallels

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