Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Lo, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in 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.
American Standard Version
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
Amplified
“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty];
Let no joyful voice enter it.
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 thick darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Lo, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it. 8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:20-22
It shall never be inhabited, nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, nor shall shepherds make their flocks to lay down there.
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
Jeremiah 7:34
Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, for the land shall become a waste.
Revelation 18:22-23
And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be