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 1AfterJob 1:22, 2:10 opened35:16; Psalm 39:2, 39:3, 106:33 cursedJob 3:3, 1:11, 2:5, 2:9; Jeremiah 20:14, 20:15 his dayThat is, the day of his birth.ReciprocalGenesis 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 2spakeHeb. answered, Judges 18:14ReciprocalJob 4:1 - answered Verse 3Let the dayThat is, as we say, "Let it be blotted out of the calendar." Job 10:18, 10:19; Jeremiah 15:10, 20:14, 20:15Reciprocal2 Samuel 1:21 - no dew; Job 3:1 - cursed; 6:26 - reprove; Jeremiah 31:22 - A woman Verse 4darknessExodus 10:22, 10:23; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:18; Matthew 27:45; Acts 27:20; Revelation 16:10 God regardDeuteronomy 11:12ReciprocalAmos 5:20 - darkness; Zephaniah 1:15 - a day of darkness Verse 5the shadowJob 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 cloudDeuteronomy 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 8:10ReciprocalJudges 18:25 - angry; Job 12:22 - bringeth; 18:2 - mark; 34:22 - nor Verse 6let it not be joined unto the daysor, let it not rejoice among the daysReciprocalJob 18:2 - mark Verse 7solitaryIsaiah 13:20-22, 24:8; Jeremiah 7:34; Revelation 18:22, 18:23

Verse 8who are ready2 Chronicles 35:25; Jeremiah 9:17, 9:18; Amos 5:16; Matthew 11:17; Mark 5:38 their mourningor, a leviathan, Job 41:1, 41:10ReciprocalPsalm 74:14 - leviathan; 104:26 - leviathan Verse 9look for lightJob 30:26; Jeremiah 8:15, 13:16 the dawning of the dayHeb. the eye-lids of the morning, Job 41:18ReciprocalGenesis 1:14 - and let; Job 33:28 - see Verse 10it shut notJob 10:18, 10:19; Genesis 20:18, 29:31; 1 Samuel 1:5; Ecclesiastes 6:3-5; Jeremiah 20:17 hidJob 6:2, 6:3, 10:1, 23:2; Ecclesiastes 11:10ReciprocalExodus 16:3 - we had; Numbers 20:3 - God; Ecclesiastes 4:3 - better; 6:5 - this Verse 11died IPsalm 58:8; Jeremiah 15:10; Hosea 9:14 when I camePsalm 22:9, 22:10, 71:6, 139:13-16; Isaiah 46:3ReciprocalGenesis 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 12the kneesGenesis 30:3, 50:23; Isaiah 66:12; Ezekiel 16:4, 16:5ReciprocalJob 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 13then had I been at restEcclesiastes 6:3-5, 9:10ReciprocalJob 7:21 - sleep; 14:12 - awake; Ezekiel 32:27 - shall not; Luke 16:22 - that Verse 14kingsJob 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 26:20ReciprocalIsaiah 22:16 - hewed Verse 15who 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 16an hiddenPsalm 58:8; 1 Corinthians 15:8ReciprocalNumbers 12:12 - of whom; Job 3:20 - light; 33:28 - see; Ecclesiastes 6:3 - that an; Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew Verse 17the wickedJob 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 restIsaiah 57:1, 57:2; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1; Revelation 14:13ReciprocalJob 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 18theyJob 39:7; Exodus 5:6-8, 5:15-19; Judges 4:3; Isaiah 14:3, 14:4ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:30 - build; Job 21:26 - alike; 21:33 - sweet; Ecclesiastes 9:6 - their love Verse 19The smallJob 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 servantPsalm 49:14-20Reciprocal2 Kings 23:2 - both small and great; 2 Chronicles 15:13 - whether small; 34:30 - great and small; Job 21:26 - alike Verse 20WhereforeJob 6:9, 7:15, 7:16; Jeremiah 20:18 lightJob 3:16, 33:28, 33:30 the bitter7:15, 7:16; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Proverbs 31:6ReciprocalGenesis 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 21longHeb. wait, Numbers 11:15; 1 Kings 19:4; Jonah 4:3, 4:8; Revelation 9:6 digProverbs 2:4ReciprocalJob 36:20 - Desire Verse 22ReciprocalJob 6:10 - Then Verse 23whose wayIsaiah 40:27 hedged inJob 12:14, 19:8; Psalm 31:8; Lamentations 3:7, 3:9; Hosea 2:6ReciprocalJob 40:2 - he that reproveth Verse 24my sighingJob 7:19; Psalm 80:5, 102:9 I eatHeb. my meatmy roarings22:1, 22:2, 32:3, 38:8; Isaiah 59:11; Lamentations 3:8ReciprocalJob 7:20 - I am; Psalm 31:10 - my life; Lamentations 2:19 - pour; Ezekiel 12:18 - General Verse 25the thingetc. Heb. I feared a fear and it came upon me, that which Job 1:5, 31:23Reciprocal4:5 - 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 26yet trouble cameJob 27:9; Psalm 143:11ReciprocalJob 4:5 - it is come; 16:12 - at ease; 30:26 - When I looked; Isaiah 38:17 - for peace I had great bitterness