Job 3
Overview
3:1 Job curses the day and services of his birth;
3:13 The ease of death;
3:20 He complains of life, because of his anguish. Verse 1 After Job 1:22, 2:10 opened 35:16; Psalm 39:2, 39:3, 106:33 cursed Job 3:3, 1:11, 2:5, 2:9; Jeremiah 20:14, 20:15 his dayThat is, the day of his birth.Reciprocal Genesis 30:1 - or else I die; 40:20 - birthday; Exodus 16:3 - we had; Job 4:1 - answered; 33:2 - I; Jeremiah 15:10 - my; Matthew 5:2 - General; Revelation 13:6 - he opened Verse 2 spakeHeb. answered, Judges 18:14 Reciprocal Job 4:1 - answered Verse 3 Let the dayThat is, as we say, "Let it be blotted out of the calendar." Job 10:18, 10:19; Jeremiah 15:10, 20:14, 20:15 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 1:21 - no dew; Job 3:1 - cursed; 6:26 - reprove; Jeremiah 31:22 - A woman Verse 4 darkness Exodus 10:22, 10:23; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:18; Matthew 27:45; Acts 27:20; Revelation 16:10 God regard Deuteronomy 11:12 Reciprocal Amos 5:20 - darkness; Zephaniah 1:15 - a day of darkness Verse 5 the shadow Job 10:21, 10:22, 16:16, 24:17, 28:3, 38:17; Psalm 23:4, 44:19, 107:10, 107:14; Isaiah 9:2; Jeremiah 2:6, 13:16; Amos 5:8; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79 stain itor, challenge itlet a cloud Deuteronomy 4:11; Ezekiel 30:3, 34:12; Joel 2:2; Habakkuk 3:1 let the blacknessor, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day, Jeremiah 4:28; Amos 8:10 Reciprocal Judges 18:25 - angry; Job 12:22 - bringeth; 18:2 - mark; 34:22 - nor Verse 6 let it not be joined unto the daysor, let it not rejoice among the daysReciprocal Job 18:2 - mark Verse 7 solitary Isaiah 13:20-22, 24:8; Jeremiah 7:34; Revelation 18:22, 18:23
Verse 8 who are ready 2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17, 9:18; Amos 5:16; Matthew 11:17; Mark 5:38 their mourningor, a leviathan, Job 41:1, 41:10 Reciprocal Psalm 74:14 - leviathan; 104:26 - leviathan Verse 9 look for light Job 30:26; Jeremiah 8:15, 13:16 the dawning of the dayHeb. the eye-lids of the morning, Job 41:18 Reciprocal Genesis 1:14 - and let; Job 33:28 - see Verse 10 it shut not Job 10:18, 10:19; Genesis 20:18, 29:31; 1 Samuel 1:5; Ecclesiastes 6:3-5; Jeremiah 20:17 hid Job 6:2, 6:3, 10:1, 23:2; Ecclesiastes 11:10 Reciprocal Exodus 16:3 - we had; Numbers 20:3 - God; Ecclesiastes 4:3 - better; 6:5 - this Verse 11 died I Psalm 58:8; Jeremiah 15:10; Hosea 9:14 when I came Psalm 22:9, 22:10, 71:6, 139:13-16; Isaiah 46:3 Reciprocal Genesis 30:1 - or else I die; Numbers 14:2 - Would; 20:3 - God; Job 10:18 - hast thou; 14:10 - man; 40:2 - he that reproveth; Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew Verse 12 the knees Genesis 30:3, 50:23; Isaiah 66:12; Ezekiel 16:4, 16:5 Reciprocal Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 13 then had I been at rest Ecclesiastes 6:3-5, 9:10 Reciprocal Job 7:21 - sleep; 14:12 - awake; Ezekiel 32:27 - shall not; Luke 16:22 - that Verse 14 kings Job 30:23; 1 Kings 2:10, 11:43; Psalm 49:6-10, 49:14, 89:48; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Isaiah 14:10-16; Ezekiel 27:18-32 which builtWho erect splendid mausoleums, funeral monuments, etc. to keep their names from perishing, while their bodies are turned to corruption. Job 15:28; Isaiah 5:8; Ezekiel 26:20 Reciprocal Isaiah 22:16 - hewed Verse 15 who filled their housesThat is, "the covetous, whom nothing can satisfy," as the poet Saady has observed, "but the dust that fills his mouth, when laid in the grave." Job 22:25, 27:16; Numbers 22:18; 1 Kings 10:27; Isaiah 2:7; Zephaniah 1:18; Zechariah 9:3
Verse 16 an hidden Psalm 58:8; 1 Corinthians 15:8 Reciprocal Numbers 12:12 - of whom; Job 3:20 - light; 33:28 - see; Ecclesiastes 6:3 - that an; Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew Verse 17 the wicked Job 14:13; Psalm 55:5-8; Matthew 10:28; Luke 12:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 1:7; 2 Peter 2:8 the wearyHeb. the wearied in strengthat rest Isaiah 57:1, 57:2; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; Revelation 14:13 Reciprocal Job 16:7 - he hath; 17:16 - rest; 18:2 - mark; 20:22 - wicked; 21:33 - sweet; Ecclesiastes 4:2 - General; 7:1 - the day; 9:6 - their love Verse 18 they Job 39:7; Exodus 5:6-8, 5:15-19; Judges 4:3; Isaiah 14:3, 14:4 Reciprocal Deuteronomy 28:30 - build; Job 21:26 - alike; 21:33 - sweet; Ecclesiastes 9:6 - their love Verse 19 The small Job 30:23; Psalm 49:2, 49:6-10; Ecclesiastes 8:8, 12:5, 12:7; Luke 16:22, 16:23; Habakkuk 3:1 and the servant Psalm 49:14-20 Reciprocal 2 Kings 23:2 - both small and great; 2 Chronicles 15:13 - whether small; 34:30 - great and small; Job 21:26 - alike Verse 20 Wherefore Job 6:9, 7:15, 7:16; Jeremiah 20:18 light Job 3:16, 33:28, 33:30 the bitter 7:15, 7:16; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Proverbs 31:6 Reciprocal Genesis 27:46 - I am; 30:1 - or else I die; Exodus 16:3 - we had; Numbers 11:15 - kill me; 1 Kings 19:4 - he requested; Job 9:18 - filleth me; 10:1 - My soul; 13:26 - writest; 18:18 - He shall be driven; 21:25 - in the bitterness; 36:20 - Desire; 40:2 - he that reproveth; Ecclesiastes 2:17 - I hated; Isaiah 15:4 - his; Jeremiah 8:3 - death; Jonah 4:3 - take; Revelation 9:6 - shall men Verse 21 longHeb. wait, Numbers 11:15; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3, 4:8; Revelation 9:6 dig Proverbs 2:4 Reciprocal Job 36:20 - Desire Verse 22 Reciprocal Job 6:10 - Then Verse 23 whose way Isaiah 40:27 hedged in Job 12:14, 19:8; Psalm 31:8; Lamentations 3:7, 3:9; Hosea 2:6 Reciprocal Job 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 24 my sighing Job 7:19; Psalm 80:5, 102:9 I eatHeb. my meatmy roarings 22:1, 22:2, 32:3, 38:8; Isaiah 59:11; Lamentations 3:8 Reciprocal Job 7:20 - I am; Psalm 31:10 - my life; Lamentations 2:19 - pour; Ezekiel 12:18 - General Verse 25 the thingetc. Heb. I feared a fear and it came upon me, that which Job 1:5, 31:23 Reciprocal 4:5 - it is come; 30:26 - When I looked; Proverbs 10:24 - fear; Isaiah 38:17 - for peace I had great bitterness; Ezekiel 11:8 - General Verse 26 yet trouble came Job 27:9; Psalm 143:11 Reciprocal Job 4:5 - it is come; 16:12 - at ease; 30:26 - When I looked; Isaiah 38:17 - for peace I had great bitterness