Job 3:4

May that day be turned into darkness, may God not seek it from above, and may light not illuminate it.

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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

3May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”

5Let darkness and the shadow of death obscure it, let a fog overtake it, and let it be enveloped in bitterness.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:12And the Lord your God always visits it, and his eyes are upon it, from the beginning of the year, all the way to its end.

Amos 5:18Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.

Acts 27:20Then, when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no end to the storm was imminent, all hope for our safety was now taken away.

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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