KJV King James Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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Job 3:1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
WEB World English Bible
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.
ASV American Standard Version
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
After this hath Job opened his mouth, and revileth his day.
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Jeremiah 20:14-15Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.Psalm 106:33Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.Psalm 39:2-3I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.Job 2:5But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.Job 2:9-10Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.Job 35:16Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.Job 3:3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.Job 1:11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
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