1. Job 3:7 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 3:7 (Summary)

Job 3:7 (ESV)

7 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it.

There were shouts of joy as it became known that a son has been born (cf. Jeremiah 20:15). Job wishes that no such shouts were heard on the day of his birth.

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