Job 3:5

But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

In Context

4Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

6let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:11And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.

Job 10:22to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither can any one see the life of mortals.

Job 24:17For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.

Job 34:22Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

Psalms 23:4He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully + 23:4 Or, against.to his neighbour.

Psalms 107:10Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.

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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