Job 3:4
Let that night be darkness, 1 And let not the Lord regard it from above, 1 Neither let light come upon it. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 the day perish in which I was born, 1 And that night in which they said, Behold a man-child! 1
5But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; 1 Let blackness come upon it; 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:12A land which the Lord thy God surveys continually, the eyes of the Lord thy God are upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
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 →