Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
And Job spake - Margin, as in Hebrew, "answered." The Hebrew word used here ‛ânâh "to answer," is often employed when one commences a discourse, even though no question had preceded. It is somewhat in the sense of replying to a subject, or of speaking in a case where a question might appropriately be asked; Isa. 14:l0 (Hebrew), Zechariah 3:4; Deuteronomy 26:5 (Hebrew), Deuteronomy 27:14 (Hebrew). The word "to answer" ̓́ apokrinomai is frequently used in this way in the New Testament; Matthew 17:4, Matthew 17:17; Matthew 28:5; Mark 9:5; Mark 10:51, et al.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 3:2:
Job 34:1
Psalms 39:4
Isaiah 21:9
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