King James Version
Job 3:1 in the King James Version says “After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.”
Job 3:1 · KJV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
And Job spake, and said, spake: Heb. answered
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
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“After”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
“this opened”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and cursed”
H7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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