Job 3:3

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Key Reflection

In Job 3:3, Job expresses his deep despair by wishing that the day of his birth had perished and that the night in which he was conceived had not come to be. This sentiment reflects the intense suffering and hopelessness Job feels, as he wishes he had never been born to experience such pain. The cultural context highlights the gravity of life's adversities within the ancient Near East, where being born into hardship or misfortune was seen as a significant calamity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Let the day perish - “Perish the day! O that there had never been such a day! Let it be blotted from the memory of man! There is something singularly bold, sublime, and “wild” in this exclamation. It is a burst of feeling where there had been long restraint, and where now it breaks forth in the most vehement and impassioned manner. The word “perish” hereיאבדyo'badexpresses the “optative,” and indicates strong desire. So the Septuagint,ἈπόλοιτοApoloito, “may it perish,” or be destroyed; compareJob 10:18. “O that I had given up the ghost.” Dr.

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