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Job 3:2

Job 3:2
And Job spake, and said,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Job spake, and said. Or "answered and said" (t), though not a word was spoken to him by his friends; he answered to his own calamity, and to their silence, as Schmidt observes; and this word is…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And Job spake - Margin, as in Hebrew, “answered.” The Hebrew word used here ענה ‛ânâh “to answer,” is often employed when one commences a discourse, even though no question had preceded. It is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 3:1-10

Long was Job's heart hot within him; and, while he was musing, the fire burned, and the more for being stifled and suppressed. At length he spoke with his tongue, but not such a good word as David…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 3:1-10

Would God I had never been conceived or born

This is the idea really expressed when Job curses his day and wishes it blotted out of existence. First he curses the day of his birth and the night of…