because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb and hide trouble from my eyes.
Job 3:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning— More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day's dawning, American Standard Version (1901) Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning: Common English Bible May its evening stars stay dark; may it wait in vain for light; may it not see dawn’s gleam, Catholic Public Domain Version Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day: |
because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb and hide trouble from my eyes.
Let those curse it who curse the Sea, those who are skilled to rouse up Leviathan.
But when I looked for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Its sneezes flash forth light, and its eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight; while you look for light, he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
We look for peace but find no good, for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.