Job 3:4
That day, be it darkness,—Let not God enquire after it from above, May there shine upon it no clear beam:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
3Perish, the day wherein I was born, and the night it was said, Lo! a manchild!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:12a land which Yahweh thy God careth for,—continually are the eyes of Yahweh thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year.
Amos 5:18Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh,—What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:
Acts 27:20And, neither, sun nor stars, appearing for many days, and, no small tempest, lying upon us, in the end, all hope that we should be saved, began to be taken from us.
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 →