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Job 3
Job 3 — Overview
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Job 3 — OverviewJob 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible"You have heard of the patience of Job," says the apostle, Jam. v. 11.
So we have, and of his impatience too. We wondered that a man should be
so patient as he was (ch. i. and ii.), but we wonder also that a good…Job 3 — OverviewJob 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter we have an account of Job's cursing the day of his birth, and the night of his conceptionJob 3:1-10Job 3:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleLong 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 spoke after a…Job 3:1Job 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAfter this opened Job his mouth. The first to take the word is Job, as, indeed, etiquette made necessary, when the visit paid was one of condolence. It can only be conjectured what the feelings were which had kept him…Job 3:1Job 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe curse of despair.
Job had endured bravely up to this moment. But when his courage broke down his despair swept all before it like an avalanche. Existence itself then seemed only a curse, and Job thought it a matter…Job 3:1-10Job 3:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe stricken patriarch's lament: 1. Deploring his birth.
I. DELIBERATE DISCOURSE.
1. The time. "After this;" i.e. after the seven days' silence, after waiting, perhaps, for some expression of sympathy from his…
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