Job 3:7

Translations

Modern

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

Traditional

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

Literal

Behold, that night—may it be barren, let no joyful shout come into it.

Latin

Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.

Original

Hebrew

English

Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into 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

Isaiah 24:8
The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
Isaiah 13:20–22
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
Revelation 18:22–23
And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
Jeremiah 7:34
I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

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

Job 3:7

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