Job 3:3

“Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.”

"Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived." - Job 3:3
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What does Job 3:3 mean?

Job 3:3 (KJV) says, "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived." This verse comes from the book of Job in the Old Testament and is part of Job's lamentation after experiencing immense suffering and loss. The book of…

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A Cry of Despair: Embracing God in Our Darkest Moments

Job 3:3 in the King James Version reads, "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived." These words reveal the depths of pain and despair that Job is experiencing. Amidst his suffering, Job laments the very day of his…

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A Prayer for the Burdened Soul

O Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, I come before You today with a heart heavy and burdened, drawing strength from Your everlasting grace. As I appeal to Your sovereign will, I reflect on the words of Job in his lamentation, "Let the day perish wherein I was born…

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Job 3:3 - "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived."
Job 3:2 - "And Job spake, and said,"
Job 40:3 - "¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said,"
Job 1:3
Job 28:3
Job 1:3
Job 3:1 - "After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day."
Job 28:3
Job 28:3
Job 1:3
"And Job spake, and said," - Job 3:2
Job 3:20-21 - "Job 3:20-21: Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure?"
"¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said," - Job 40:3
Job 1:3 no words
Job 34:3 - "For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat."
Job 3:17 - "There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest."
Job 3:18 - "There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor."
Job 31:3 - "Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?"
Job 3:19 - "The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master."
Job 3:15 - "Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:"
Job 32:3 - "Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job."
Job 18:3 - "Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?"
Job 24:3 - "They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge."
Job 3:14 - "With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;"
Job 8:3 - "Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?"
Job 3:22 - "Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?"
Job 3:20 - "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;"
Job 3:21 - "Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;"
Job 13:3 - "Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God."