Job 3:1 | JFB | STEP | 1. opened his mouth —The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity ( ). He formally began. cursed his day —the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in . Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.

Job 3:1

1. opened his mouth—The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity (Ps 78:2). He formally began.

cursed his day—the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in Job 1:5. Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.

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