Job 3:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 3:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 3:3 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 3:3 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
Job 3:3 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 3:3
“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:3: day, born, child
“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:3: let, day, night
“And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:3: let, day, perish
“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:3: let, day, wherein
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Job 3:3: let, day, night
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