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Job 3:1–2

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AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
And Job spake, and said,
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  1. Jeremiah 20:14–15Rank 1 from verse 1
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    14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

    15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

  2. Psalms 106:33Rank 2 from verse 1
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    33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

  3. Psalms 39:2–3Rank 3 from verse 1
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    2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

    3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

  4. Job 1:22Rank 4 from verse 1
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    22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

  5. Job 2:5Rank 5 from verse 1
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    5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

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  1. Judges 18:14Rank 1 from verse 2
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    14¶ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

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Job 3:1

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Job 3:2

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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1AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

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2And Job spake, and said,

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3Let 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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