Job 3:1

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Job 3:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

2 And this is what he said:

3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 1:22

In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

Job 2:10

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 35:16

So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”

Psalms 39:2

I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.

Psalms 39:3

My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

Psalms 106:33

For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

Job 3:3

“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

Job 1:11

But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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!”

Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.