--- title: "Bullinger" description: "After this: i.e. after this long restraint. cursed. Here we have the Hebrew kalal, which was in the primitive text. See note on Job 1:5 . his day: i.e" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/job/3" --- **After this:** i.e. after this long restraint. **cursed.** Here we have the Hebrew *kalal,* which was in the primitive text. See note on [Job 1:5](../../../kjv/job/1/5) . **his day:** i.e. his birthday. Compare [Job 3:3](../../../kjv/job/3/3) . **spake** = answered, i.e. began, or lamented. Hebrew idiom. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) . **and** = or. He knew not which it was. Compare [Judges 11:31](../../../kjv/judges/11/31) . **man.** Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 . **darkness.** Hebrew. *hashak.* GOD. Hebrew Eloah. See App-4 . **the shadow of death.** Hebrew. *zalmaveth* = the darkness of death. **stain it** = pollute it. Hebrew. *ga'al,* to pollute; not *ga'al,* to redeem. **darkness** = intense or thick darkness. Hebrew. *'ophel.* Not *hashak* (verses: [Job 3:4](../../../kjv/job/3/4) , [Job 3:5](../../../kjv/job/3/5) , [Job 3:9](../../../kjv/job/3/9) ) which is less intense. **Lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 . **their mourning** = a dragon. Referring probably to what the constellation signified. **dark.** Hebrew. *hashak.* See [Job 3:4](../../../kjv/job/3/4) . **let it look.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia.* App-6 . **Why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **from** = in, or within. **give up the ghost** = die. Hebrew. *gava',* to expire. Compare [Job 10:18](../../../kjv/job/10/18) ; [Job 13:19](../../../kjv/job/13/19) ; [Job 14:10](../../../kjv/job/14/10) . **the knees** [of the mother]. Figure of speech *Ellipsis.* App-6 . **prevent** = come before, so as to meet. **desolate places** = ruins: i.e. places (tombs or monuments) already going to ruins. **wicked** = lawless agitators. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . **weary** = worn out [of strength]. **oppressor** = taskmaster. **master** = masters. Hebrew, plural for emphasis. **Wherefore . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **long** = wait, or look for. **grave** = sepulchre. Hebrew. *keber.* See App-35 . **Why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Ellipsis.* App-6 . supplies the sentence from v- 20; but it may be repeated from [Job 3:22](../../../kjv/job/3/22) , "the grave", regarding verses: [Job 21:22](../../../kjv/job/21/22) as a parenthesis. **GOD.** Hebrew Eloah. 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