Job 3:1-26 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.… The calamities and the suffering have wrought upon the weakened man. Depressed in spirit, perplexed in mind, in great bodily pain, Job opens his mouth and lifts up his voice. Great suffering generates great passions, and great passions are oft irrepressible, and hence the danger of extravagant speech. "Better," says Trapp, "if Job had kept his lips still." Surely that were impossible in an human being! One, and only One, was silent "as a sheep before her shearers is dumb." Brooks says, "When God's hand is on our back our hand should be on our mouth." (H. E. Stone.) Parallel Verses KJV: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.WEB: After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. |
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