Job 3:5

But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; 1 Let blackness come upon it; 1

Updated 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, 1 And let not the Lord regard it from above, 1 Neither let light come upon it. 1

6Let that day and night be cursed, 1 Let darkness carry them away; 1 Let it not come into the days of the year, 1 Neither let it be numbered with the days of the months. 1

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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, 1 Neither can anyone see the life of mortals.

Job 24:17For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, 1 For each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death. 1

Job 34:22Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves. 1

Psalms 23:4He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; 1 Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, 1 Nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. 1

Psalms 107:10Moab is the caldron of my hope; 1 Over Edom will I cast my sandal; 1 The Philistines are made subject to me. 1

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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