Job 3:5

Translations

Modern

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Traditional

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Literal

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; may a cloud dwell over it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Latin

Obscurent eum tenebræ et umbra mortis; occupet eum caligo, et involvatur amaritudine.

Original

Hebrew

English

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Notes

Job 3:5

Job wished that the darkness of the place of the dead and the gloom of death had not allowed him to be born (Exodus 10:22; Proverbs 4:19; Joel 2:2; Job 10:21–22; 38:17).

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 Trial

Related verses

Job 28:3
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Job 10:21–22
…before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Deuteronomy 4:11
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Jeremiah 4:28
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Psalm 107:10
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
Isaiah 9:2
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Glossary

Black Book of Job Darkness

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Colors: Black: A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity Darkness: Anything Hateful Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Prayer: Imprecatory

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