Job 3:1

After this -Dr. Good renders this, “at length.” It means after the long silence of his friends, and after he saw that there was no prospect of relief or of consolation. Opened Job his mouth -The usual formula in Hebrew to denote thc commencement of a speech; seeMatthew 5:2. Schultens contends that it means boldness and vehemency of speech,παῤῥησίαparrēsia, or an opening of the mouth for the purpose of accusing, expostulating, or complaining; or to begin to utter some sententious, profound, or sublime maxim; and in support of this he appeals toPsalms 78:2, ardProverbs 8:6. There is probably, however nothing more intended than to begin to speak.