Job 3:1
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
יוֹם
yôwm
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 asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →יוֹם yôwm
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)
Study H3117 →Cross References
Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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