Job 3:4

"“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’"

Key Reflection

In Job 3:4, the prophet expresses an intense wish for his birth to be undone. This verse reveals the depth of Job's suffering and despair; he wishes that both the day of his birth and the night when he was conceived would have perished. The imagery evokes a sense of complete regret and longing to be erased from existence entirely. This sentiment reflects not just personal anguish but also a profound spiritual crisis, highlighting the gravity of Job’s situation in a way that resonates with readers experiencing their own trials.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Let that day be darkness -Let it not be day; or, O, that it had not been day, that the sun had not risen, and that it had been night. Let not God regard it from above -The word rendered here “regard”דרשׁdârashmeans properly to seek or inquire after, to ask for or demand. Dr. Good renders it here, “Let not God inclose it,” but this meaning is not found in the Hebrew.

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