Job 3:4

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;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

5Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:12A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.

Amos 5:18Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

Acts 27:20And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.

Matthew Henry on Job 3:2-11

Job Curses His Day. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto… Read the whole commentary →

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