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THE POEM OR DEBATE ITSELF
(Job 3:2-42:6).
FIRST SERIES IN IT
(Job 3:1-14:22).
JOB FIRST
(Job 3:1-26).
Job 3:1-19. JOB CURSES THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH AND WISHES FOR DEATH.
1. opened his mouth--The Orientals speak seldom, and then
sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity
(Ps 78:2).
He formally began.
cursed his day--the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not
the same as in
Job 1:5.
Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.
JFB.
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