Job 3:9

7 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.

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.

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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 -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 41:18

    By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

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  • Jeremiah 8:15

    We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

    Read in context
  • Jeremiah 13:16

    Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

    Read in context
  • Job 30:26

    When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

    Read in context