Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let whatever darkeneth the day terrify it!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Let that day be darkness; Let not God seek it from above; Yea, let not the light shine upon it!
Cross References
Job 10:22The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 24:17The morning is to them the very shadow of death; They are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where evil-doers may hide themselves.
Psalms 23:4When I walk through a valley of deathlike shade, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy crook and thy staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 107:10They dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;
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 →