Job 3:9

New English Translation

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

Cross References

Job 3:10

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Job 3:8

Let those who curse the day curse it – those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

Job 41:10

Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

Job 41:18

Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

Jeremiah 13:16

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.