Bible Strands
Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to no specific audience immediately after his prior trials, marking the moment he breaks his silence to address his own birth.
The words — The text records פָּתַח (pa.Tach) as "he opened" and וַיְקַלֵּל (va/y.ka.Lel) as "and he cursed," describing the physical act of speech and its direct object.
The thread — The text places this moment alongside Jeremiah 20:14, which repeats the curse of the birth day, and Psalms 39:2, which notes sorrow stirring speech, while Psalms 106:33 links rash verbal outbursts to rebellion.
Why it lands — The text presents a factual shift from silence to vocal lament, requiring the reader to note the transition without assigning moral or theological value to the act itself.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 20:14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
- Psalms 106:33 For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
- Psalms 39:2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Job 1:22 In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
- Job 2:5 But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
- Job 2:9 Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
- Job 3:3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
- Job 35:16 So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
- Job 1:11 But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”