Job 3:1 “After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.”

Job 3:1

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Geneva Bible 1599

Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

Darby Translation

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

Young's Literal Translation

After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.

Bible in Basic English

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

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Cross references

“After”

Job 1:22 Job 2:10

Job 1:22 · BSB

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

Job 2:10 · BSB

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

“opened”

Psalm 106:33 Job 35:16 Psalm 39:2 Psalm 39:3

Psalm 106:33 · BSB

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Job 35:16 · BSB

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Psalm 39:2 · BSB

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Psalm 39:3 · BSB

My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

“cursed”

Job 3:3 Job 2:5 Job 1:11 Job 2:9 Jeremiah 20:14 Jeremiah 20:15

Job 3:3 · BSB

“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

Job 2:5 · BSB

But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 1:11 · BSB

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Job 2:9 · BSB

Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Jeremiah 20:14 · BSB

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

Jeremiah 20:15 · BSB

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And this is what he said:

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