Job 3:6

Dark whirlwind hold that night; be it not reckoned among the days of the year, neither be it numbered among the months. (Let a dark whirlwind hold that night; be it not reckoned among the days of the year, nor let it be counted among the months.)

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In The King James Version

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

In Context

5Darkness make it dark, and the shadow of death and of mist occupy it; and be it wrapped with bitterness. (Let darkness make it dark, and the shadow of death and mist fill it full; and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.)

7(Let) That night be sullen, and not worthy of praising.

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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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