“May the day I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived!’
Job 3:4 - Tree of Life Version That day—may it be darkness; may God above not regard it; may no light shine on it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let that day be darkness; Let not God regard it from above, Neither let the light shine upon it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let that day be darkness! May not God above regard it, nor light shine upon it. American Standard Version (1901) Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it. Common English Bible That day—let it be darkness; may God above ignore it, and light not shine on it. Catholic Public Domain Version May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let that day be turned into darkness: let not God regard it from above: and let not the light shine upon it. |
“May the day I was born perish, and the night that said, ‘A man is conceived!’
May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
Oy to you—longing for the Day of Adonai! What would it be for you? The Day of Adonai will be darkness and not light.
Now from the sixth hour, darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.
With neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no small storm pressing on us, all hope of our survival was vanishing.
It is a land that Adonai your God cares for—the eyes of Adonai your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of the year.
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in pain