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Job 3

Job 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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After
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
this opened
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Job
'Iyowb (Hebrew #347)
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV usage: Job.
Pronounce: ee-yobe'
Origin: from 340
his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, and cursed
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
his day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-12:  Job curses the day and services of his birth.
13-19:  The ease of death.
20-26:  He complains of life, because of his anguish.
After.
Job 1:22• 22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. (Job 1:22)
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Job 2:10• 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. (Job 2:10)
opened.
Job 35:16• 16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. (Job 35:16)
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Psa. 39:2‑3• 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, (Psa. 39:2‑3)
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Psa. 106:33• 33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. (Psa. 106:33)
cursed.
Job 3:3• 3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. (Job 3:3)
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Job 1:11• 11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. (Job 1:11)
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Job 2:5,9• 5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
 9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. (Job 2:5,9)
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Jer. 20:14‑15• 14Cursed 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. (Jer. 20:14‑15)
his day.That is, the day of his birth.
• As long as his sufferings were outward, or physical, Job was calm; but when doubts of God’s goodness were entertained he collapsed. This will appear abundantly as we proceed; it is simply noticed here as suggesting the main theme of the book—the vindication of God, and His ways with men. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• We have in this division {ch. 3-31} the largest and, in many respects, the most complicated part of the book. It has been well named The Entanglement, for it is a mass of argument, denunciation, accusation, suspicion, partly correct theories, and withal flashes of faith and hope—all in the language of loftiest poetry, with magnificent luxuriance of Oriental metaphor. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• We have the inspired record of what Satan said to Eve, and to our Lord; of the utterances of wicked men, like Pharaoh and Rabshakeh, but no one thinks of these words as being the truth of God. Similarly here we have an inspired record of what Job and his three friends said, but while most of it was true, it was out of place and misapplied. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• SUBDIVISION 1. —Job’s opening Lament (chap. 3). SUBDIVISION 2. —The controversy with the three friends (chaps. 4-26). SUBDIVISION 3. —Job’s closing Monologue (chaps. 27-31). We need hardly point out the numerical appropriateness of these subdivisions: the first introduces the entire controversy; it is the beginning of all that is said afterward. The second speaks of antagonism and the vain efforts of man to help, with glimpses of faith between. The third is the full display of Job’s heart. Significantly he begins and closes the controversy. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• We must remember that even when in such anguish of soul as well as of body, Job did not fall as Satan predicted he would. He did not curse God, although sorely perplexed at His treatment. Ever and anon in the midst of greatest anguish, his faith shines forth in prayer or in confidence—illustrating the usually accepted translation of the words, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him” (chap. 13:15). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.