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Job Laments His Birth

Job 3:1

In 11 translations

BSB
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
KJV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
WEB
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
ASV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
LSV
After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.
YLT
After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
DBY
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
DRC
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
GNV
Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
JPS
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
LXXE
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת־פִּ֔יהוּ וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ἰὼβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ,

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 20:14–15Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
  • Psalms 106:33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
  • Psalms 39:2–3I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred. My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
  • Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  • Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
  • Job 2:9–10Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!” “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…
  • Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  • Job 3:3“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
  • Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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