JOB 3:1 Parallel View

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UST At the end of those seven days, Job started speaking. He cursed the day when he was born.

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

OEB Thereafter Job opened his mouth to curse his

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

NET After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born.

LSV After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.

FBV After this Job began speaking, cursing the day of his birth.

T4T Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.

LEB Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

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

MOF No MOF JOB book available

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

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

DRA After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed 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.

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

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

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

BB After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day,
(After this opened Yob his mouth, and cursed his day,)

GNV Afterward Iob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.
(Afterward Yob opened his mouth, and cursed his day.)

CB After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his daye,
(After this opened Yob his mouth, and cursed his day,)

WYC Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth,
(After these things Yoob opened his mouth,)

LUT Danach tat Hiob seinen Mund auf und verfluchte seinen Tag.
(Danach tat Hiob his Mund on and verfluchte his Tag.)

CLV Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,
(Post this aperuit Yob os suum, and maledixit diei suo,)

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

BrLXX Μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ἰὼβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ,
(Meta touto aʸnoixen Iōb to stoma autou,)

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Complaints

The Bible generally depicts complaining as wrong. For example, God judged the Israelites for grumbling about their hardships in the wilderness (Num 14:27-37). Job complained mightily and earned God’s rebuke for it, yet God ultimately confirmed Job’s righteousness and rejected those who tried to stop him from complaining (Job 42:7-8).

Job’s fundamental complaint was that God did not give him a fair hearing to demonstrate his innocence. Job’s friends attacked him for trying to vindicate himself, but God upheld Job’s innocence. In a gracious but firm act of self-revelation, God rebuked Job for his overreaching self-defense and implied criticism of God’s fairness. God shifted Job’s focus away from his troubles and toward God himself (Job 38–41).

Scripture admonishes us to rejoice and give thanks in all situations (Eph 5:20; Phil 4:4; 1 Thes 5:16-18). It also calls us to endure through suffering and to persist in prayer (Jas 5:10-18). If we do want to complain in prayer, we should follow the pattern of the psalms, which lead us past ourselves and back to God (see, e.g., Ps 13). Job’s positive example (Jas 5:11) is not so much in how he responded to his troubles or to his comforters but in how he responded to God (Job 40:3-5; 42:1-6). In the midst of difficult and confusing situations that may precipitate a desire to complain, we can still acknowledge the sovereignty and goodness of God.

Passages for Further Study

Gen 4:13-14; Exod 16:2-18; Num 14:27-37; 1 Kgs 19:3-18; Job 3:1-26; 6:1–7:21; Pss 38; 39; 44; 73; Jer 20:14-18; Jon 4:1-11; Matt 27:46; John 6:41-59; 1 Cor 10:1-10; Eph 5:20; Phil 2:14-15; Jas 5:9-11

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת־פִּ֔י⁠הוּ

opened ʼIuōⱱ DOM mouth,his

The author is referring to Job speaking by association with the way Job opened his mouth in order to speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Job spoke up”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יוֹמֽ⁠וֹ

and,cursed DOM day,his

In this context, the expression his day means the day on which Job was born. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and cursed his birthday”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־יוֹמֽ⁠וֹ

and,cursed DOM day,his

The implication is that Job cursed his birthday because he was suffering so greatly that he wished he had never been born. You can provide this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and cursed his birthday because he was suffering so greatly that he wished he had never been born”

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