Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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 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 which said, A man-child is conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim 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

It is a land which Jehovah your God cares for. The eyes of Jehovah your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains; a great people and a strong people; there has not been ever the like, nor shall there ever be again, even to the years of many generations.

Amos 5:18

Woe to those desiring the day of Jehovah! What is this for you? The day of Jehovah is darkness and not light;

Matthew 27:45

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

Acts 27:20

And neither sun nor stars appearing in many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, now all hope that we would be saved was taken away.

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened. And they gnawed their tongues from the pain.

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