Job 3:6
4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
- KJV
- As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
- WEB
- As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
- ASV
- As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
- DARBY
- That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
- BLB
- That night—let darkness take it! Let it not it rejoice among the days of the year; into the number of the months let it not come.
- ÅB
- Den natt - måtte mulm ta den! Den glede seg ikke blant årets dager, den komme ikke med i måneders tall!
- OTB
- Når det gjelder den natten, la tykk mørke gripe den;
la den ikke regnes blant årets dager,
eller bli nummerert blant månedene. - B1930
- Den natt - måtte mulm ta den! Den glede sig ikke blandt årets dager, den komme ikke med i måneders tall!