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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Job 3"
description: "Overview  Job 3:1, Job curses the day and services of his birth; Job 3:13, The ease of death; Job 3:20, He complains of life, because of his anguish.  Af"
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**Overview**
**** [Job 3:1](../../../kjv/job/3/1), Job curses the day and services of his birth; [Job 3:13](../../../kjv/job/3/13), The ease of death; [Job 3:20](../../../kjv/job/3/20), He complains of life, because of his anguish.

**After:** [Job 1:22](../../../kjv/job/1/22), [Job 2:10](../../../kjv/job/2/10)
**opened:** [Job 35:16](../../../kjv/job/35/16), [Psalms 39:2](../../../kjv/psalms/39/2), [Psalms 39:3](../../../kjv/psalms/39/3), [Psalms 106:33](../../../kjv/psalms/106/33)
**cursed:** [Job 3:3](../../../kjv/job/3/3), [Job 1:11](../../../kjv/job/1/11), [Job 2:5](../../../kjv/job/2/5), [Job 2:9](../../../kjv/job/2/9), [Jeremiah 20:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/14), [Jeremiah 20:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/15)
**his day:** That is, the day of his birth.
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 30:1](../../../kjv/genesis/30/1) - or else I die [Genesis 40:20](../../../kjv/genesis/40/20) - birthday [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - we had [Job 4:1](../../../kjv/job/4/1) - answered [Job 33:2](../../../kjv/job/33/2) - I [Jeremiah 15:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/10) - my [Matthew 5:2](../../../kjv/matthew/5/2) - *General* [Revelation 13:6](../../../kjv/revelation/13/6) - he opened

**spake:** Heb. answered, [Judges 18:14](../../../kjv/judges/18/14)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 4:1](../../../kjv/job/4/1) - answered

**Let the day:** That is, as we say, "Let it be blotted out of the calendar." [Job 10:18](../../../kjv/job/10/18), [Job 10:19](../../../kjv/job/10/19), [Jeremiah 15:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/10), [Jeremiah 20:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/14), [Jeremiah 20:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/15)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 1:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/21) - no dew [Job 3:1](../../../kjv/job/3/1) - cursed [Job 6:26](../../../kjv/job/6/26) - reprove [Jeremiah 31:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/22) - A woman

**darkness:** [Exodus 10:22](../../../kjv/exodus/10/22), [Exodus 10:23](../../../kjv/exodus/10/23), [Joel 2:2](../../../kjv/joel/2/2), [Amos 5:18](../../../kjv/amos/5/18), [Matthew 27:45](../../../kjv/matthew/27/45), [Acts 27:20](../../../kjv/acts/27/20), [Revelation 16:10](../../../kjv/revelation/16/10)
**God regard:** [Deuteronomy 11:12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/12)
**Reciprocal:** [Amos 5:20](../../../kjv/amos/5/20) - darkness [Zephaniah 1:15](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/15) - a day of darkness

**the shadow:** [Job 10:21](../../../kjv/job/10/21), [Job 10:22](../../../kjv/job/10/22), [Job 16:16](../../../kjv/job/16/16), [Job 24:17](../../../kjv/job/24/17), [Job 28:3](../../../kjv/job/28/3), [Job 38:17](../../../kjv/job/38/17), [Psalms 23:4](../../../kjv/psalms/23/4), [Psalms 44:19](../../../kjv/psalms/44/19), [Psalms 107:10](../../../kjv/psalms/107/10), [Psalms 107:14](../../../kjv/psalms/107/14), [Isaiah 9:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/2), [Jeremiah 2:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/6), [Jeremiah 13:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/16), [Amos 5:8](../../../kjv/amos/5/8), [Matthew 4:16](../../../kjv/matthew/4/16), [Luke 1:79](../../../kjv/luke/1/79)
**stain it:** or, challenge it
**let a cloud:** [Deuteronomy 4:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/11), [Ezekiel 30:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/30/3), [Ezekiel 34:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/12), [Joel 2:2](../../../kjv/joel/2/2), [Hebrews 12:18](../../../kjv/hebrews/12/18)
**let the blackness:** or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day, [Jeremiah 4:28](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/28), [Amos 8:10](../../../kjv/amos/8/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 18:25](../../../kjv/judges/18/25) - angry [Job 12:22](../../../kjv/job/12/22) - bringeth [Job 18:2](../../../kjv/job/18/2) - mark [Job 34:22](../../../kjv/job/34/22) - nor

**let it not be joined unto the days:** or, let it not rejoice among the days
**Reciprocal:** [Job 18:2](../../../kjv/job/18/2) - mark

**solitary:** [Isaiah 13:20-22](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/20-22), [Isaiah 24:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/8), [Jeremiah 7:34](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/34), [Revelation 18:22](../../../kjv/revelation/18/22), [Revelation 18:23](../../../kjv/revelation/18/23)

**who are ready:** [2 Chronicles 35:25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/35/25), [Jeremiah 9:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/17), [Jeremiah 9:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/18), [Amos 5:16](../../../kjv/amos/5/16), [Matthew 11:17](../../../kjv/matthew/11/17), [Mark 5:38](../../../kjv/mark/5/38)
**their mourning:** or, a leviathan, [Job 41:1](../../../kjv/job/41/1), [Job 41:10](../../../kjv/job/41/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 74:14](../../../kjv/psalms/74/14) - leviathan [Psalms 104:26](../../../kjv/psalms/104/26) - leviathan

**look for light:** [Job 30:26](../../../kjv/job/30/26), [Jeremiah 8:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/15), [Jeremiah 13:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/13/16)
**the dawning of the day:** Heb. the eye-lids of the morning, [Job 41:18](../../../kjv/job/41/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) - and let [Job 33:28](../../../kjv/job/33/28) - see

**it shut not:** [Job 10:18](../../../kjv/job/10/18), [Job 10:19](../../../kjv/job/10/19), [Genesis 20:18](../../../kjv/genesis/20/18), [Genesis 29:31](../../../kjv/genesis/29/31), [1 Samuel 1:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/5), [Ecclesiastes 6:3-5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3-5), [Jeremiah 20:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/17)
**hid:** [Job 6:2](../../../kjv/job/6/2), [Job 6:3](../../../kjv/job/6/3), [Job 10:1](../../../kjv/job/10/1), [Job 23:2](../../../kjv/job/23/2), [Ecclesiastes 11:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - we had [Numbers 20:3](../../../kjv/numbers/20/3) - God [Ecclesiastes 4:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/3) - better [Ecclesiastes 6:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/5) - this

**died I:** [Psalms 58:8](../../../kjv/psalms/58/8), [Jeremiah 15:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/10), [Hosea 9:14](../../../kjv/hosea/9/14)
**when I came:** [Psalms 22:9](../../../kjv/psalms/22/9), [Psalms 22:10](../../../kjv/psalms/22/10), [Psalms 71:6](../../../kjv/psalms/71/6), [Psalms 139:13-16](../../../kjv/psalms/139/13-16), [Isaiah 46:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 30:1](../../../kjv/genesis/30/1) - or else I die [Numbers 14:2](../../../kjv/numbers/14/2) - Would [Numbers 20:3](../../../kjv/numbers/20/3) - God [Job 10:18](../../../kjv/job/10/18) - hast thou [Job 14:10](../../../kjv/job/14/10) - man [Job 40:2](../../../kjv/job/40/2) - he that reproveth [Jeremiah 20:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/17) - he slew

**the knees:** [Genesis 30:3](../../../kjv/genesis/30/3), [Genesis 50:23](../../../kjv/genesis/50/23), [Isaiah 66:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/12), [Ezekiel 16:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/4), [Ezekiel 16:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 40:2](../../../kjv/job/40/2) - he that reproveth

**then had I been at rest:** [Ecclesiastes 6:3-5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3-5), [Ecclesiastes 9:10](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 7:21](../../../kjv/job/7/21) - sleep [Job 14:12](../../../kjv/job/14/12) - awake [Ezekiel 32:27](../../../kjv/ezekiel/32/27) - shall not [Luke 16:22](../../../kjv/luke/16/22) - that

**kings:** [Job 30:23](../../../kjv/job/30/23), [1 Kings 2:10](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/10), [1 Kings 11:43](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/43), [Psalms 49:6-10](../../../kjv/psalms/49/6-10), [Psalms 49:14](../../../kjv/psalms/49/14), [Psalms 89:48](../../../kjv/psalms/89/48), [Ecclesiastes 8:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/8), [Isaiah 14:10-16](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/10-16), [Ezekiel 27:18-32](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27/18-32)
**which built:** Who erect splendid mausoleums, funeral monuments, etc. to keep their names from perishing, while their bodies are turned to corruption. [Job 15:28](../../../kjv/job/15/28), [Isaiah 5:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/8), [Ezekiel 26:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Isaiah 22:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/16) - hewed

**who filled their houses:** That is, "the covetous, whom nothing can satisfy," as the poet Saady has observed, "but the dust that fills his mouth, when laid in the grave." [Job 22:25](../../../kjv/job/22/25), [Job 27:16](../../../kjv/job/27/16), [Numbers 22:18](../../../kjv/numbers/22/18), [1 Kings 10:27](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/27), [Isaiah 2:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/7), [Zephaniah 1:18](../../../kjv/zephaniah/1/18), [Zechariah 9:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/3)

**an hidden:** [Psalms 58:8](../../../kjv/psalms/58/8), [1 Corinthians 15:8](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 12:12](../../../kjv/numbers/12/12) - of whom [Job 3:20](../../../kjv/job/3/20) - light [Job 33:28](../../../kjv/job/33/28) - see [Ecclesiastes 6:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/6/3) - that an [Jeremiah 20:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/17) - he slew

**the wicked:** [Job 14:13](../../../kjv/job/14/13), [Psalms 55:5-8](../../../kjv/psalms/55/5-8), [Matthew 10:28](../../../kjv/matthew/10/28), [Luke 12:4](../../../kjv/luke/12/4), [2 Thessalonians 1:6](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/1/6), [2 Thessalonians 1:7](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/1/7), [2 Peter 2:8](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/8)
**the weary:** Heb. the wearied in strength
**at rest:** [Isaiah 57:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/1), [Isaiah 57:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/2), [Hebrews 4:9](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/9), [Hebrews 4:11](../../../kjv/hebrews/4/11), [Revelation 14:13](../../../kjv/revelation/14/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 16:7](../../../kjv/job/16/7) - he hath [Job 17:16](../../../kjv/job/17/16) - rest [Job 18:2](../../../kjv/job/18/2) - mark [Job 20:22](../../../kjv/job/20/22) - wicked [Job 21:33](../../../kjv/job/21/33) - sweet [Ecclesiastes 4:2](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/2) - *General* [Ecclesiastes 7:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/1) - the day [Ecclesiastes 9:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/6) - their love

**they:** [Job 39:7](../../../kjv/job/39/7), [Exodus 5:6-8](../../../kjv/exodus/5/6-8), [Exodus 5:15-19](../../../kjv/exodus/5/15-19), [Judges 4:3](../../../kjv/judges/4/3), [Isaiah 14:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/3), [Isaiah 14:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 28:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/30) - build [Job 21:26](../../../kjv/job/21/26) - alike [Job 21:33](../../../kjv/job/21/33) - sweet [Ecclesiastes 9:6](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/6) - their love

**The small:** [Job 30:23](../../../kjv/job/30/23), [Psalms 49:2](../../../kjv/psalms/49/2), [Psalms 49:6-10](../../../kjv/psalms/49/6-10), [Ecclesiastes 8:8](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/8), [Ecclesiastes 12:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/5), [Ecclesiastes 12:7](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/7), [Luke 16:22](../../../kjv/luke/16/22), [Luke 16:23](../../../kjv/luke/16/23), [Hebrews 9:27](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/27)
**and the servant:** [Psalms 49:14-20](../../../kjv/psalms/49/14-20)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 23:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/2) - both small and great [2 Chronicles 15:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/15/13) - whether small [2 Chronicles 34:30](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/30) - great and small [Job 21:26](../../../kjv/job/21/26) - alike

**Wherefore:** [Job 6:9](../../../kjv/job/6/9), [Job 7:15](../../../kjv/job/7/15), [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16), [Jeremiah 20:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/18)
**light:** [Job 3:16](../../../kjv/job/3/16), [Job 33:28](../../../kjv/job/33/28), [Job 33:30](../../../kjv/job/33/30)
**the bitter:** [Job 7:15](../../../kjv/job/7/15), [Job 7:16](../../../kjv/job/7/16), [1 Samuel 1:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/10), [2 Kings 4:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/27), [Proverbs 31:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/31/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:46](../../../kjv/genesis/27/46) - I am [Genesis 30:1](../../../kjv/genesis/30/1) - or else I die [Exodus 16:3](../../../kjv/exodus/16/3) - we had [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15) - kill me [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4) - he requested [Job 9:18](../../../kjv/job/9/18) - filleth me [Job 10:1](../../../kjv/job/10/1) - My soul [Job 13:26](../../../kjv/job/13/26) - writest [Job 18:18](../../../kjv/job/18/18) - He shall be driven [Job 21:25](../../../kjv/job/21/25) - in the bitterness [Job 36:20](../../../kjv/job/36/20) - Desire [Job 40:2](../../../kjv/job/40/2) - he that reproveth [Ecclesiastes 2:17](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/17) - I hated [Isaiah 15:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/4) - his [Jeremiah 8:3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/3) - death [Jonah 4:3](../../../kjv/jonah/4/3) - take [Revelation 9:6](../../../kjv/revelation/9/6) - shall men

**long:** Heb. wait, [Numbers 11:15](../../../kjv/numbers/11/15), [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4), [Jonah 4:3](../../../kjv/jonah/4/3), [Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8), [Revelation 9:6](../../../kjv/revelation/9/6)
**dig:** [Proverbs 2:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 36:20](../../../kjv/job/36/20) - Desire

**Reciprocal:** [Job 6:10](../../../kjv/job/6/10) - Then

**whose way:** [Isaiah 40:27](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/27)
**hedged in:** [Job 12:14](../../../kjv/job/12/14), [Job 19:8](../../../kjv/job/19/8), [Psalms 31:8](../../../kjv/psalms/31/8), [Lamentations 3:7](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/7), [Lamentations 3:9](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/9), [Hosea 2:6](../../../kjv/hosea/2/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 40:2](../../../kjv/job/40/2) - he that reproveth

**my sighing:** [Job 7:19](../../../kjv/job/7/19), [Psalms 80:5](../../../kjv/psalms/80/5), [Psalms 102:9](../../../kjv/psalms/102/9)
**I eat:** Heb. my meat
**my roarings:** [Psalms 22:1](../../../kjv/psalms/22/1), [Psalms 22:2](../../../kjv/psalms/22/2), [Psalms 32:3](../../../kjv/psalms/32/3), [Psalms 38:8](../../../kjv/psalms/38/8), [Isaiah 59:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/11), [Lamentations 3:8](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 7:20](../../../kjv/job/7/20) - I am [Psalms 31:10](../../../kjv/psalms/31/10) - my life [Lamentations 2:19](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/19) - pour [Ezekiel 12:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/12/18) - *General*

**the thing:** etc. Heb. I feared a fear and it came upon me, that which [Job 1:5](../../../kjv/job/1/5), [Job 31:23](../../../kjv/job/31/23)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 4:5](../../../kjv/job/4/5) - it is come [Job 30:26](../../../kjv/job/30/26) - When I looked [Proverbs 10:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/24) - fear [Isaiah 38:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/17) - for peace I had great bitterness [Ezekiel 11:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/8) - *General*

**yet trouble came:** [Job 27:9](../../../kjv/job/27/9), [Psalms 143:11](../../../kjv/psalms/143/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 4:5](../../../kjv/job/4/5) - it is come [Job 16:12](../../../kjv/job/16/12) - at ease [Job 30:26](../../../kjv/job/30/26) - When I looked [Isaiah 38:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/17) - for peace I had great bitterness

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