Job 3:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 3:1-26: 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 ). Summary for Job 3:1-10: 3:1-10 Job spoke and thus put at risk his refusal to sin with his mouth (1:21 ; 2:10 ). • Job cursed the day of his birth in great detail. However, his words sound more like pitiful complaints. Job didn’t curse God as his creator, but he lamented the conditions of his existence.

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eJer 20:14-18►

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‏ Job 3:1

Summary for Job 3:1-26: 3:1-26 ^a Job’s outburst did not mean that his integrity had cracked under the strain (42:7-8 ^b; Jas 5:11 ^c). Elijah and Jeremiah, both godly men, used the same hyperbolic language (1 Kgs 19:4 ^d; Jer 20:14-18 ^e).
Summary for Job 3:1-10: 3:1-10 ^f Job spoke and thus put at risk his refusal to sin with his mouth (1:21 ^g; 2:10 ^h).

• Job cursed the day of his birth in great detail. However, his words sound more like pitiful complaints. Job didn’t curse God as his creator, but he lamented the conditions of his existence.