Job 3:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 3:6

4 May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.

5 May darkness and ^athe shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.

6 As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not¹ rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.

7 Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!

8 May those curse it who curse the day,
Those ^awho are ready to arouse Leviathan.

9 May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the¹ dawning of the day;

10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

11 “Why^a did I not die at birth?
Why did I not¹ perish when I came from the womb?

12 ^aWhy did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

Verse Comparison: Job 3:6

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American Standard Version
As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

Amplified® Bible
As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Contemporary English Version
Erase that night from the calendar and conceal it with darkness.

Darby English Version
That night -- let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Good News Bible
Blot that night out of the year, and never let it be counted again;

King James Version
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

New American Standard Bible
"{As for} that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

New International Version
That night—may thick darkness seize it;
may it not be included among the days of the year
nor be entered in any of the months.

New King James Version
As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

Revised Standard Version
That night--let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Young's Literal Translation
That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

New English Translation
That night – let darkness seize¹ it; let it not be included² among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!³

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