Job 3:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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:

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King 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:

Job 3:9 Cross References

Job 3:10

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes

Job 3:8

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Job 41:10

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up: Who then is he that can stand before me?

Job 41:18

His neesings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold dismay!