Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty];
Let no joyful voice enter it.
New American Standard Bible
Let no joyful shout enter it.
King James Version
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Holman Bible
may no joyful shout
International Standard Version
"Yes, let that night be barren; let it not appear with its joyful shout.
A Conservative Version
Lo, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.
American Standard Version
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
Bible in Basic English
As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;
Darby Translation
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, that night shall be hard; no rejoicing shall be in it
King James 2000
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come into it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, let that night become barren; let a joyful song not enter it.
Modern King James verseion
Lo, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice come in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Despised be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day,
NET Bible
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! that night, be it barren, Let no joyous shouting enter therein:
Webster
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
World English Bible
Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
Interlinear
Layil
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Regrets His Birth
6
“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not be counted in the number of the months.
“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty];
Let no joyful voice enter it.
“Let those curse it
Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:20-22
Babylon will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation;
Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,
Nor will the shepherds let their sheep lie down there.
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,
The noise of those who rejoice ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
Jeremiah 7:34
Then I will cause the voices of joy and gladness, and the voices of the bridegroom and the bride to vanish from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will become a ruin—a wasteland.
Revelation 18:22-23
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].