Job 3

Job · Chapter 3

Job 3:6

1After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.2And Job spake, and said,3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.6As 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.7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,14With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
6As 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.If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.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.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
the nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha-LAY-lahH3915
night

לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

the thatהַהוּא֮ha-HU'H1931
he/she/it

הוּא (hu) pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

let it take itיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi-ka-CHE-HUH3947G
to take: take

לָקַח (la.qach) : take 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed …

darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O-felH0652
darkness

אֹ֫פֶל (o.phel) 1) darkness, gloom 2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)

may notאַל־'al-H0408
not

אַל (al) 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive) Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

it rejoiceיִ֭חַדְּYI-chadH2302
to rejoice

חָדָה (cha.dah) 1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Piel) to make glad, gladden

among [the] days ofבִּימֵ֣יbi-MEIH3117G
day

יוֹם (yom) : day/when/time/period 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

[the] yearשָׁנָ֑הsha-NAHH8141
year

שְׁנָה (she.nah) year Aramaic of sha.neh (שָׁנָה "year" H8141)

in [the] number ofבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe-mis-PARH4557
number

מִסְפָּר (mis.par) 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

[the] monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye-ra-CHIMH3391
month

יֶ֫רַח (ye.rach) 1) month (lunar cycle), moon 1a) month 1b) calendar month Aramaic equivalent: ye.rach (יְרַח "month" H3393)

may notאַל־'al-H0408
not

אַל (al) 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive) Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

it comeיָבֹֽא׃ya-VO'H0935G
to come (in): come

בּוֹא (bo) : come/go_in 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.