Job 3:1 | JFB | STEP | THE POEM OR DEBATE ITSELF (Job 3:2-42:6). FIRST SERIES IN IT (Job 3: ). JOB FIRST ( ). 1. opened his mouth-- The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity ( ). He formally began. cursed his day-- the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in . Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.

‏ Job 3:1

CHAPTER 3

THE POEM OR DEBATE ITSELF (Job 3:2-42:6). FIRST SERIES IN IT (Job 3:1-14:22). JOB FIRST (Job 3:1-26).

Job 3:1-19. Job Curses the Day of His Birth and Wishes for Death.

1. opened his mouth--The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity (Psa 78:2). He formally began.

cursed his day--the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in Job 1:5. Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.