Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 3:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And Job spake, and said,
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Role in This Section
Job develops the next stated step through “And Job spake, and said” as part of Job Curses the Day of His Birth.
Read It With
- Job 3:1–3:10
The line at Job 3:2 is one step in Job 3:1–3:10. Job develops the next stated step through “And Job spake, and said” as part of Job Curses the Day of His Birth. Its force depends on who speaks and what follows.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Job 3:1–3:10. Job develops the next stated step through “And Job spake, and said” as part of Job Curses the Day of His Birth. The speaker distinction and this limit govern it: The poem voices anguish rather than a program for self-harm; it must be heard without diagnosis, romanticization, blame, or pressure to imitate its rhetoric.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 3:1–3:10 — Job Curses the Day of His BirthSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 3:1–3:10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 3:1–3:10
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗