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Job 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:19 words
HebrewMeaning
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
כֵ֗ןkēn
thusadvH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
פָּתַ֤חpātaḥ
he openedverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
אִיּוֹב֙ʾiywōb
JobnounH347
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פִּ֔י/הוּpiyhw
mouth hisnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
וַ/יְקַלֵּ֖לwayəqalēl
and he cursedconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יוֹמֽ/וֹywōmwō
day hisnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 3:1

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born. 1. That which is here said, He opened his mouth, must not be gone into negligently. For by the things which Holy Scripture premises but slightly, we are apprised that what comes after is to be expected with reverence. For as we know nothing what vessels that are closed contain inside, but when the mouth of the vessels is opened, we discover what is contained…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 4 §2
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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