Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“May that day be darkness;
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

If only that day had turned to darkness!
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.

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

let not God
אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

it from above
מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 140

נהרה 
N@harah 
Usage: 1

יפע 
Yapha` 
Usage: 8

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Job

Watsons

Context Readings

Job Regrets His Birth

3 Let the day perish in which I was born and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 “May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Cross References

Exodus 10:22-23

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

Deuteronomy 11:12

a land which the LORD thy God procures; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of shadow that spreads itself upon the mountains as the dawn: a people great and strong; there has not ever been the like, neither shall there be any more after him, even to the years of many generations.

Amos 5:18

Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD shall be darkness, and not light.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

Acts 27:20

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and its kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

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