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Job 3:8

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.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

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:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine 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

    Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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  • Job 41:10

    None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

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  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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  • Jeremiah 9:17–18

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

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  • Job 41:25

    When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.

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  • Mark 5:38

    And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

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  • Matthew 11:17

    And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

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  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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