Job 3:4

Translations

Modern

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Traditional

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Literal

That day—may it be darkness; let not God seek it above, nor let light shine upon it.

Latin

Dies ille vertatur in tenebras: non requirat eum Deus desuper, et non illustretur lumine.

Original

Hebrew

English

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Notes

Job 3:1–10

Job spoke and risked words of sin (1:21; 2:10).
Job cursed the day of his birth in great detail. However, his words sounded more like sad complaints. Job did not curse God as his creator, but he showed grief about the condition of his life.

Job 3:1–26

Job's outbreak of emotion did not mean his integrity failed under pressure (42:7–8; James 5:11). The prophets Elijah and Jeremiah, both men of God, exaggerated with similar language (1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:14–18).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints Darkness and Light

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Acts 27:20
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
Amos 5:18
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
Deuteronomy 11:12
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
Matthew 27:45
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
Exodus 10:22–23
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Joel 2:2
…a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
Revelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

Glossary

Book of Job Darkness

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Darkness: Anything Hateful Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer: Imprecatory

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