Job 3:1
AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
¶ After this, opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day.
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- Jeremiah 20:14–15Rank 1 from verse 1
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.
14¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed.
15*Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying: A man child is borne vnto thee, making him very glad.
- Psalms 106:33Rank 2 from verse 1
- Psalms 39:2–3Rank 3 from verse 1
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,
2†I was dumbe with silence, I held my peace, euen from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart was hot within mee, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue.
- Job 2:9–10Rank 6 from verse 1
9¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
9¶ Then saide his wife vnto him, Doest thou still reteine thine integritie? Curse God, and die.
10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
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Job 3:1
1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.
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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.
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Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.
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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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1AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
1¶ After this, opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day.
Selected passage2And Job spake, and said,
2And Iob †spake, and said,