Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 (Jeremiah 20:14). 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 3:2:
Isaiah 21:9
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