1. opened his mouth—The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity ( :-). He formally began. cursed his day—the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in Job 1:5. Job cursed his birthday, but not his God. read more
2. spake—Hebrew, "answered," that is, not to any actual question that preceded, but to the question virtually involved in the case. His outburst is singularly wild and bold ( :-). To desire to die so as to be free from sin is a mark of grace; to desire to die so as to escape troubles is a mark of corruption. He was ill-fitted to die who was so unwilling to live. But his trials were greater, and his light less, than ours. read more
3. the night in which —rather "the night which said." The words in italics are not in the Hebrew. Night is personified and poetically made to speak. So in Job 3:7, and in Psalms 19:2. The birth of a male in the East is a matter of joy; often not so of a female. read more
4. let not God regard it—rather, more poetically, "seek it out." "Let not God stoop from His bright throne to raise it up from its dark hiding-place." The curse on the day in :-, is amplified in Job 3:4; Job 3:5; that on the night, in Job 3:6-10. read more
5. Let . . . the shadow of death—("deepest darkness," :-). stain it—This is a later sense of the verb [GESENIUS]; better the old and more poetic idea, "Let darkness (the ancient night of chaotic gloom) resume its rights over light ( :-), and claim that day as its own." a cloud—collectively, a gathered mass of dark clouds. the blackness of the day terrify it—literally, "the obscurations"; whatever darkens the day [GESENIUS]. The verb in Hebrew expresses sudden terrifying. May it be suddenly... read more
6. seize upon it—as its prey, that is, utterly dissolve it. joined unto the days of the year—rather, by poetic personification, "Let it not rejoice in the circle of days and nights and months, which form the circle of years." read more
7. solitary—rather, "unfruitful." "Would that it had not given birth to me." read more
8. them . . . curse the day—If "mourning" be the right rendering in the latter clause of this verse, these words refer to the hired mourners of the dead ( :-). But the Hebrew for "mourning" elsewhere always denotes an animal, whether it be the crocodile or some huge serpent (Isaiah 27:1), such as is meant by "leviathan." Therefore, the expression, "cursers of day," refers to magicians, who were believed to be able by charms to make a day one of evil omen. (So Balaam, Isaiah 27:1- :). This... read more
9. dawning of the day—literally, "eyelashes of morning." The Arab poets call the sun the eye of day. His early rays, therefore, breaking forth before sunrise, are the opening eyelids or eyelashes of morning. read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 3:24-26
Job 3:24-26. For my sighing cometh before I eat— My groaning cometh like my daily bread. Heath. In presence of my meat, or at my meals, says Peters. And my roarings are poured out like the waters; i.e. which I then drink. After which it immediately follows: For the fear which I feared is come upon me. Now, why should Job's grief and sighs recur at his meals particularly, but because these would naturally put him in mind of his sons and daughters being met together at their banquets, when the... read more