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Job 3:8

6 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.

May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
KJV
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
WEB
Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
ASV
Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
DARBY
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;
BLB
May they curse it, those cursing the day, those ready to rouse Leviathan.
ÅB
Måtte de som forbanner dager, ønske ondt over den, de som er kyndige i å mane fram Leviatan!
OTB
La de som forbanner dager forbanne den dagen,
de som er klare til å vekke Leviatan.
B1930
Måtte de som forbanner dager, ønske ondt over den, de som er kyndige i å mane frem Leviatan!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 41:1

    “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

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  • Job 41:10

    No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

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  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

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  • Jeremiah 9:17–18

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

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  • Job 41:25

    When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

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  • Mark 5:38

    When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.

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  • Matthew 11:17

    ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

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  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

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