Job 3:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 3:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 3:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. their...: or, leviathan" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 3:8 — KJV
“Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. their...: or, leviathan”
— Job 3:8 (KJV)
Job 3:8 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 3:8
“Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. accept: Heb. smell abiding: Heb. cleaving”
Shares key themes with Job 3:8: let, curse, day
“Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:8: let, day, raise
“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:8: let, curse, day
“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 3:8: let, day
“And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:”
Shares key themes with Job 3:8: curse, day
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