Job 3:1–3
Later, Job opens his mouth and curses the day he was born
Study it word by word1After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
2Job answered and said:
3“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’
In its context
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4That day, let it be darkness; may Eloah above not seek it, nor brightness shine on it.
5May darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the darkenings of the day terrify it.
Its words in the original
- פָּתַחpatach· open, engrave
Open; loosen, set free. In another form, engrave (cut lines in stone or metal).
- אִיּוֹבiyov· Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
- פִּיpi· mouth
Mouth. Also what someone says or commands ("by the mouth of" = by the word of); the edge of a sword; "according to".
- יְקַלֵּלyekalel· be light, curse
Be light or of little account. Said of waters, go down. Said of people, treat with contempt; in the intensive form, curse.
- יוֹמyom· day
Day: the hours of light, or a whole day from one evening to the next. Also an indefinite time or age ("in the day that...", "in those days").
- יַּעַןyaan· answer
Answer, reply; also speak up, testify, or sing in response.
- יֹּאמַרyomar· say
Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".
- יֹאבַדyovad· perish, be lost
Perish, be ruined, be lost; wander off. In the causative, destroy.
- אִוָּלֶדivaled· bear, father
Give birth, bear children; said of the father, "father" or "beget". In some forms, help at a birth (midwife) or be born.
- לַּיְלָהlayla· night
Night.
- הֹרָהhora· conceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
- גָבֶרgaver· man
Man, a grown man in his strength.