Parallel Verses
Amplified
“May that day be darkness;
Let God above not care about it,
Nor light shine on it.
New American Standard Bible
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
King James Version
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Holman Bible
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.
International Standard Version
Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.
A Conservative Version
Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.
American Standard Version
Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
Bible in Basic English
That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;
Darby Translation
That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
Julia Smith Translation
That day shall be darkness; God shall not search it out from above, and the light shall not shine upon it.
King James 2000
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it.
Modern King James verseion
Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:
NET Bible
That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!
New Heart English Bible
Let that day be darkness. Do not let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
The Emphasized Bible
That day, be it darkness, - Let not God enquire after it from above, May there shine upon it no clear beam:
Webster
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
World English Bible
Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
Youngs Literal Translation
That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Regrets His Birth
3
“Let the day on which I was born perish,
And the night which announced: ‘There is a man-child conceived.’
“May that day be darkness;
Let God above not care about it,
Nor light shine on it.
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Cross References
Exodus 10:22-23
So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and for three days a thick darkness was all over the land of Egypt [no sun, no moon, no stars].
Deuteronomy 11:12
a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist,
Like the dawn spread over the mountains;
There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty,
The like of which has never been before
Nor will be again afterward
Even for years of many generations.
Amos 5:18
Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the Lord [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]!
Why would you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
Acts 27:20
Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm kept raging about us, from then on all hope of our being saved was [growing worse and worse and] gradually abandoned.
Revelation 16:10
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness; and people gnawed their tongues because of the pain [of their excruciating anguish and severe torment],