Job 3:10 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:1-10

Long was Job's heart hot within him; and, while he was musing, the fire burned, and the more for being stifled and suppressed. At length he spoke with his tongue, but not such a good word as David spoke after a long pause: Lord, make me to know my end, Ps. 39:3, 4. Seven days the prophet Ezekiel sat down astonished with the captives, and then (probably on the sabbath day) the word of the Lord came to him, Ezek. 3:15, 16. So long Job and his friends sat thinking, but said nothing; they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:10

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb ,.... Or "of my belly" F13 בטני "ventris mei", Mercerus, Piscator, Schmidt, Schuitens, Michaelis; "uteri mei", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius. , or "womb"; which Aben Ezra interprets of the navel, by which the infant receives its food and nourishment before it is born, and which, if closed, he must have died in embryo; but rather it is to be understood of his mother's womb, called his, because he was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:10

Because it shut not up the doors - Here is the reason why he curses the day and the night in which he was conceived and born; because, had he never been brought into existence, he would never have seen trouble. It seems, however, very harsh that he should have wished the destruction of his mother, in order that his birth might have been prevented; and I rather think Job's execration did not extend thus far. The Targum understands the passage as speaking of the umbilical cord, by which the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-10

The stricken patriarch's lament: 1. Deploring his birth. I. DELIBERATE DISCOURSE . 1 . The time. "After this;" i.e. after the seven days' silence, after waiting, perhaps, for some expression of sympathy from his friends, perhaps also after discerning no mitigation in his misery—an indication that Job spoke not under the influence of some sudden paroxysm of grief, but with fixed resolve and after mature consideration. Language that is passionate may also be deliberate; and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-12

Human infirmity revealed in deep affliction. Frail is the heart of man. With all its heroism, its endurance and power, yet the stout heart yields and the brave spirit is cowed. The strongest bends beneath the heavy pressure. But if the human life is to be truthfully presented, its failures as well as its excellences must be set forth. It is an evidence that the writer is attempting an impartial statement, and in the midst of his poetical representations is not led away to mere extravagance... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The eloquence of grief. This book, so entirely true to nature, presents here one of the darkest moods of the grief-stricken heart. The first state is that of paralyzed silence, dumbness, inertia. Were this to continue, death must ensue. Stagnation will be fatal. The currents of thought and feeling must in some way be set flowing in their accustomed channels, as in the beautiful little poem of Tennyson on the mother suddenly bereaved of her warrior-lord- "All her maidens, wondering, said, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:10

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb ; literally, of my womb ; i.e. "of the womb which bare me." By a stretch of imagination, the night is supposed to have power to open or shut wombs, and is blamed for not having shut up the womb in which Job was conceived. Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes ; i.e . "and did not so prevent all the sorrows that have befallen me." read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:10

Because it shut not up ... - That is, because the accursed day and night did not do it. Aben Ezra supposes that God is meant here, and that the complaint of Job is that he did not close his mother’s womb. But the more natural interpretation is to refer it to the Νυχθήμεροι Nuchthēmeroi - the night and the day which he had been cursing, on which he was born. Throughout the description the day and the night are personified, and are spoken of as active in introducing him into the world. He here... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:10

Job 3:10. Because it shut not up my mother’s womb Because it did not confine me to the dark prison of the womb, but suffered me to escape from thence; nor hid sorrow from mine eyes Because it did not keep me from entering into this miserable life, and seeing or experiencing those bitter sorrows under which I now groan. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:10

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