Job 3:1
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
BSB
ASV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
KJV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
After this - Dr. Good renders this, “at length.” It means after the long silence of his friends, and after he saw that there was no prospect of relief or of consolation. Opened Job his mouth - The usual formula in Hebrew to denote thc commencement of a speech; see Mat 5:
His curse was sinful, both because it was vain, being applied to a thing, which was not capable of blessing and cursing, and because it cast a blame upon God for bringing that day, and for giving him life on that day.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
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Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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Psalms 106:33For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
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Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”