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Job 3:1

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

KJV

Post hæc aperuit Job os suum, et maledixit diei suo,

Vulgate

Μετὰ τοῦτο ἤνοιξεν Ἰὼβ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ κατηράσατο τὴν ἡμέραν αὐτοῦ

LXX

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

ASV

אַחֲרֵי כֵ֗ן פָּתַ֤ח אִיּוֹב֙ אֶת פִּ֔י/הוּ וַ/יְקַלֵּ֖ל אֶת יוֹמֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִיּ֗וֹב
'yvb
proper_noun · 58×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הָקֵל֙
hql
verb · 80×
ו
v
noun · 717×
י
y
noun · 496×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
  • Gen 40:20 — And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
  • Jer 20:14 — Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
  • Job 33:2 — Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
  • Ps 106:33 — Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.