After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed! Cursed be the man who brought the news to my father, “A son is born to you,” making him very glad.
for they made his spirit bitter, and he spoke rashly with his lips.
I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.”
“Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived.’
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.” But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”
In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”
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