Bible Strands
Job 3:2
And this is what he said:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks immediately after opening his mouth to curse his birth day, directly preceding his detailed lament in Job 3:3. The words — אִיּ֗וֹב ('i.Yov) = Job and וַ/יֹּאמַֽר (va/i.yo.Mar) = and he said. The thread — The narrative pattern of a figure addressing others appears in Judges 18:14. Why it lands — It forces the reader to confront Job’s spoken curse as the immediate verbal response to his loss, rather than a distant theological abstraction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Job spake, and said,
Cross-references
- Judges 18:14 Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”