Job 3:3

Let that yom be choshech; 1 let not Elohim regard it from above, 1 neither let the light shine upon it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

In Context

2Let the yom perish 1 wherein I was born, 1 and halailah in which it was said, 1 There is a gever born. 1

4Let choshech and the tzalmavet (shadow of death) claim it; 1 let an anan dwell upon it; 1 let the blackness of the yom terrify it. 1

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Cross References

Job 10:18Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the rechem (womb)? 1 Oh that I had expired, and no eye had seen me! 1

Jeremiah 20:14Arur (cursed) be the day 1 wherein I was born; 1 let not the day wherein immi bore me 1 yehi baruch (be blessed). 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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