Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight 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.
Amplified
“May that day be darkness;
Let God above not care about it,
Nor light shine on 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.
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.
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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 perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man-child is conceived.' 4 Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it. 5 Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let clouds settle on it; let them terrify it [with the] blackness of day.
Cross References
Exodus 10:22-23
And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was darkness of night in all the land of Egypt [for] three days.
Deuteronomy 11:12
a land that Yahweh your God [is] caring for it; continually the eyes of Yahweh your God [are] on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of [the] year.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness, like the dawn spreads on the mountains, a great and strong army! There has been nothing like it from old, and after it nothing will be again {for generations to come}.
Amos 5:18
Alas, those who desire the day of Yahweh, why [is] this for you the day of Yahweh? It [will be] darkness and not light!
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour, darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
Acts 27:20
But [when] neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and [with] not a little bad weather confronting [us], finally all hope was abandoned [that] we would be saved.
Revelation 16:10
And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened, and they began chewing their tongues because of the pain.