Job 3:5
“Let darkenes and the shadowe of death staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.”
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Job 3:5 Context
3Let the day perish, wherein I was borne, and the night in which it was said, There is a man-childe conceiued. 4Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regard it from aboue, neither let the light shine vpon it. 5Let darkenes and the shadowe of death staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, let the blacknes of the day terrifie it. 6As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths. 7Loe, let that night be solitarie, let no ioyfull voice come therein.
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Other Translations for Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- King James Version
"Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
- Basic English Bible
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
- Darby Bible
Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Webster's Bible
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
- World English Bible
Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 3:5
3:5 Death - A black and dark shadow like that of the place of the dead, which is a land of darkness. Slain - Take away its beauty and glory. Terrify - That is, men in it. Let it be always observed as a frightful and dismal day.