Job 3:7
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 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.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9 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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
- KJV
- Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
- WEB
- Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
- ASV
- Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
- DARBY
- Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
- BLB
- Behold, that night—may it be barren, let no joyful shout come into it.
- ÅB
- Ja, ufruktbar bli den natt! Aldri lyde det jubel i den!
- OTB
- Se, la den natten være ufruktbar;
la ingen gledeshyl høres i den. - B1930
- Ja, ufruktbar bli den natt! Aldri lyde det jubel i den!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 13:20–22
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Read in contextRevelation 18:22–23
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Read in contextIsaiah 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
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