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opened his mouth

"began to speak" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom) (See: UDB)

Let the day on which I was born perish

AT: "I wish that I had never been born." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

the day…the night

"the day" refers to the day of his birth and "the night" to the day of his conception.

the night that said, A boy has been conceived'

AT: "let the night that said, A boy has been conceived' perish." This expression intensifies the statement of Job's grief by going even further back in time from his birth to his conception. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)

the night that said

AT: "the night about which people said." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)

A boy has been conceived

AT: "she has conceived a man child."