And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
May it not1 rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.
| << Job 3:3 | Job 3:5 >> |
American Standard Version
Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
Amplified® Bible
Let that day be darkness! May not God above regard it, nor light shine upon it.
Contemporary English Version
Forget about that day, cover it with darkness,
Darby English Version
That day -- let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
Good News Bible
Turn that day into darkness, God. Never again remember that day; never again let light shine on it.
King James Version
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
New American Standard Bible
"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
New International Version
That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine upon it.
New King James Version
May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"May that day remain darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.
Revised Standard Version
Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.
Young's Literal Translation
That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
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