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Job 3

Job 3:9

Job Laments His Birth · Job 3:1–26
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Translations

Modern
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Traditional
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Literal
May the stars of its morning light be dark; may it look for light and there be none, and do not let it see the eyelids of the dawn;
Latin
Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.

Original

Hebrew
English
May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Notes

Job 3:9

Venus and Mercury, known as the morning stars, announce the arrival of dawn (38:7).

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).

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Darkness: Anything Hateful Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Morning: First Dawning of, Called the Eyelids of the Morning Prayer: Imprecatory The Stars: Appear After Sunset