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OET-LV and_said ʼIyyōⱱ and_said.
UHB וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ ‡
(vayyaˊan ʼiyyōⱱ vayyoʼmar.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Job answered and said,
UST He said,
BSB And this is what he said:
OEB day, and thus he began:
WEB Job answered:
NET Job spoke up and said:
LSV And Job answers and says:
FBV He said,
T4T He said,
LEB Thus[fn] Jobspoke up[fn] and said,
BBE Job made answer and said,
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS And Job spoke, and said:
ASV And Job answered and said:
DRA And he said:
YLT And Job answereth and saith: —
DBY And Job answered and said,
RV And Job answered and said:
WBS And Job spoke, and said,
KJB And Job spake, and said,[fn]
(And Job spake, and said,)
3.2 spake: Heb. answered
BB And Iob aunswered, and sayde:
(And Yob answered, and said:)
GNV And Iob cryed out, and sayd,
(And Yob cried out, and said, )
CB and sayde:
(and said:)
WYC and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun,
(and curside his day, and said, Perische the day in which I was born,)
LUT Und Hiob sprach:
(And Hiob spoke:)
CLV et locutus est:
(and spoke it_is: )
BRN saying,
BrLXX καὶ κατηράσατο τὴν ἡμέραν αὐτοῦ, λέγων,
(kai kataʸrasato taʸn haʸmeran autou, legōn, )
3:1-26 Job’s outburst did not mean that his integrity had cracked under the strain (42:7-8; Jas 5:11). Elijah and Jeremiah, both godly men, used the same hyperbolic language (1 Kgs 19:4; Jer 20:14-18).
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
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר
and,said ʼIyyōⱱ and,said
See the discussion of this expression in the General Introduction to Job. In this case, Job is responding not to something that someone else said but to all that has happened to him. Alternate translation: “In response to all that had happened to him, Job said”