Job 3:8

New International Reader's Version

May people say evil things about that day. May people ready to wake the sea monster Leviathan say evil things about that day.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote songs of sadness about Josiah. To this day all the male and female singers remember Josiah by singing those songs. That became a practice in Israel. The songs are written down in the Book of the Songs of Sadness.

Job 3:7

May no children ever have been born on that night. May no shout of joy be heard in it.

Job 3:9

May its morning stars become dark. May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight. May it not see the first light of the morning sun.

Job 41:1

“Job, can you pull Leviathan out of the sea with a fishhook? Can you tie down its tongue with a rope?

Job 41:10

No one dares to wake it up. So who can possibly stand up to me?

Job 41:25

When Leviathan rises up, even mighty people are terrified. They run away when it moves around wildly.

Isaiah 27:1

At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan with his sword. His great, powerful and deadly sword will punish the serpent that glides through the sea. He will kill that twisting sea monster.

Amos 5:16

The Lord God rules over all. The Lord says, “People will weep in all the streets. They will be very sad in every market place. Even farmers will be told to cry loudly. People will mourn for the dead.

Matthew 11:17

“ ‘We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’

Mark 5:38

They came to the home of the synagogue leader. There Jesus saw a lot of confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.