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Job 3:9

Discouragement and depression

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.

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.

11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

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BSB
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
KJV
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:
WEB
Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
ASV
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
DARBY
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
BLB
May the stars of its morning light be dark; may it look for light and there [be] none, and do not let it see the eyelids of the dawn;
ÅB
Gid dens demrings stjerner må bli mørke! La den vente på lys, uten at det kommer! Måtte den aldri skue morgenrødens øyelokk -
OTB
La dens morgenstjerner bli mørklagt;
la den håpe på lys, men ikke ha noe,
og la den ikke se dagens første lys,
B1930
Gid dens demrings stjerner må bli mørke! La den vente på lys, uten at det kommer! Måtte den aldri skue morgenrødens øielokk -

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