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Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>As for</i> that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>As for</i> that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year, May it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“<i>As for</i> that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year; May it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“<i>As for</i> that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br /><i>As for</i> that night, let thick darkness take it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not be counted in the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Erase that night from the calendar and conceal it with darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"That night- let the blackness take it away. Let it not be included in the days of the year or be numbered among the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Blot that night out of the year, and never let it be counted again; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />That night--let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />That night—let thick darkness take it, "" Let it not be united to days of the year, "" Let it not come into the number of months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />That night darkness shall take it; it shall not be joined upon the days of the year; it shall not come into the number of months.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let a darksome whirlwind seize upon that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Let a whirlwind of darkness take hold of that night, let it not be counted in the days of the year, nor numbered in the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May obscurity seize that night; may it not be counted among the days of the year, nor enter into the number of the months! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />That night—let thick darkness seize it! let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness cover it; let that day not be reckoned in the number of the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Let that night cover it in blackness. That day not shall be counted in the number of the days of the year and in the number of the months it shall not enter<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/3-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=406" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/3.htm">Job Laments His Birth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/652.htm" title="652: ’ō·p̄el (N-ms) -- Darkness, gloom. From the same as 'aphel; dusk.">If only darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">had taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: hal·lay·lāh (Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">that night</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: yiq·qā·ḥê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">away!</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">May it not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2302.htm" title="2302: yi·ḥad (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To be or grow sharp. A primitive root; to rejoice.">appear</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">among the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">of the year;</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">may it never</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">be entered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·par (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">in any</a> <a href="/hebrew/3391.htm" title="3391: yə·rā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- Month. From a unused root of uncertain signification; a lunation, i.e. Month.">of the months.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Jeremiah 20:14-18</a></span><br />Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. / Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. / May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:2-3</a></span><br />So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive. / But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-18.htm">Job 10:18-22</a></span><br />Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me! / If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave. / Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-16.htm">Job 7:16</a></span><br />I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13</a></span><br />If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/17-13.htm">Job 17:13-16</a></span><br />If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, / and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ / where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-26.htm">Job 30:26</a></span><br />But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-6</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Isaiah 38:10-12</a></span><br />I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” / I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world. / My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-6</a></span><br />For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Psalm 39:4-6</a></span><br />“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. / You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah / Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/90-9.htm">Psalm 90:9-10</a></span><br />For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. / The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-11</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As for that night, let darkness seize on it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.</p><p class="hdg">let it not be joined unto the days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6</a></b></br> <i>As for</i> that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-5.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/3-5.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/esther/6-6.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-18.htm">Included</a> <a href="/esther/9-27.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/esther/9-22.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Months</a> <a href="/job/3-5.htm">Night</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-43.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-25.htm">Seize</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Thick</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/3-9.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/5-14.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/38-16.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Included</a> <a href="/job/10-11.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/job/3-7.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Months</a> <a href="/job/3-7.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/3-22.htm">Rejoice</a> <a href="/job/18-9.htm">Seize</a> <a href="/job/10-22.htm">Thick</a><div class="vheading2">Job 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-1.htm">Job curses the day and services of his birth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-13.htm">The ease of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm">He complains of life, because of his anguish.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If only darkness had taken that night away!</b><br>In this lament, Job expresses a deep desire for the night of his birth to be erased from existence. This reflects his profound suffering and despair. The imagery of darkness is significant throughout Scripture, often symbolizing chaos, evil, or judgment (<a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>, <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a>). Job's wish for darkness to consume the night of his birth underscores his feeling of being overwhelmed by his circumstances. This phrase also echoes the theme of creation being undone, as light was the first act of creation (<a href="/genesis/1-3.htm">Genesis 1:3</a>). Job's lament can be seen as a reversal of creation, highlighting his desire for non-existence due to his intense suffering.<p><b>May it not appear among the days of the year;</b><br>Job's plea for the night of his birth to be removed from the calendar signifies his wish for it to be forgotten entirely. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, calendars were often tied to agricultural cycles and religious festivals. By wishing for the night to be excluded from the days of the year, Job is expressing a desire for his existence to be nullified, as if he had never been born. This reflects the depth of his anguish and the cultural understanding of time as a structured, divinely ordained sequence.<p><b>may it never be entered in any of the months.</b><br>This phrase emphasizes Job's wish for his birth to be completely erased from memory and history. In biblical times, months were often marked by lunar cycles and were significant for religious observances and societal functions. By wishing for his birth not to be recorded in any month, Job is expressing a desire for total obliteration from the annals of time. This reflects the extremity of his suffering and his feeling of being abandoned by God. Theologically, this can be contrasted with the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over time and history, as seen in passages like <a href="/ecclesiastes/3.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:1-8</a>, where every event has its appointed time.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. In this chapter, Job is lamenting his birth and expressing deep anguish.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_night.htm">The Night</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the time of Job's birth. Job wishes that this night had been erased from the calendar, highlighting his profound despair.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/days_of_the_year_/_months.htm">Days of the Year / Months</a></b><br>Represents the passage of time and the natural order. Job's desire to exclude the night of his birth from these signifies his wish to undo his existence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_human_suffering.htm">The Depth of Human Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lamentation is a raw expression of human suffering. It reminds us that even the most faithful can experience profound despair. This teaches us to be compassionate and understanding towards those in deep pain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_struggle_with_god's_sovereignty.htm">The Struggle with God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Job's desire to erase the day of his birth reflects a struggle with understanding God's sovereignty in the midst of suffering. It challenges us to trust in God's greater plan, even when it is beyond our comprehension.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lament.htm">The Importance of Lament</a></b><br>Job's honest expression of his feelings is a form of lament. This teaches us that it is acceptable to bring our deepest sorrows and questions before God, trusting that He hears us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_life.htm">The Value of Life</a></b><br>Despite Job's wish to erase his birth, the broader biblical account affirms the value of life. This encourages us to seek God's purpose in our lives, even when circumstances are difficult.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_moon_produce_its_own_light.htm">Does the moon produce its own light?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_christianity's_apostolic_age.htm">What role does Satan play in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_dark_night_of_the_soul.htm">What is the Dark Night of the Soul?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_were_days_counted_before_the_sun.htm">If Genesis describes the creation of the sun on the fourth day, how were there 'days' before the sun existed?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Let it not be joined.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">let it not rejoice among, </span>as one of the glorious procession of nights.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As for that night</span>. The night, that is, of Job's conception (see above, ver. 3). <span class="cmt_word">Let darkness seize upon it</span>. The Revised Version has <span class="accented">thick darkness</span> but this is unnecessary. <span class="cmt_word">Let it not be joined unto the days of the year</span>. According to the Massorites' pointing, we should translate, "Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;" and so the Revised Version. But many of the best critics prefer the pointing which is followed by the LXX. and by King James's translators. The succeeding clause strongly supports this interpretation. <span class="cmt_word">Let it not come into the number of the months</span> (comp. ver. 3, and the comment on it). Job <span class="accented">wishes</span> the day of his birth and the night of his conception to be utterly blotted out from the calendar; but, aware that this is impossible, he subsides into a milder class of imprecations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/3-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If only darkness</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֥פֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·p̄el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_652.htm">Strong's 652: </a> </span><span class="str2">Darkness, gloom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had taken</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהוּא֮</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that night</span><br /><span class="heb">הַלַּ֥יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(hal·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">away!</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">May it not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appear</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֭חַדְּ</span> <span class="translit">(yi·ḥad)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2302.htm">Strong's 2302: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or grow sharp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the days</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּימֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the year,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or be entered</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֹֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in any</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mis·par)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the months.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝רָחִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rā·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3391.htm">Strong's 3391: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lunation, month</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/3-6.htm">Job 3:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/3-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 3:6 As for that night let thick darkness (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/3-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 3:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 3:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/3-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 3:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 3:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>