Job 3:1, Dan 10:16 | JFB | e4.org | 1. opened his mouth —The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity ( ). He formally began. cursed his day —the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in . Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.

‏ Job 3:1

1. opened his mouth—The Orientals speak seldom, and then sententiously; hence this formula expressing deliberation and gravity (Ps 78:2). He formally began.

cursed his day—the strict Hebrew word for "cursing:" not the same as in Job 1:5. Job cursed his birthday, but not his God.

‏ Daniel 10:16

16. touched my lips—the same significant action wherewith the Son of man accompanied His healing of the dumb (Mr 7:33). He alone can give spiritual utterance (Isa 6:6, 7; Eph 6:19), enabling one to "open the mouth boldly." The same one who makes dumb (Da 10:15) opens the mouth.

sorrows—literally, "writhings" as of a woman in travail.