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Job 3:5

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5Let darkness and bthe shadow of death c||stain it;

Let a cloud dwell upon it;

||Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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Footnotes

  1. bch. 10:21, 22. & 12:22. & 16:16. & 24:17. & 28:3. Ps. 23:4. & 44:19. & 107:10, 14. Jer. 13:16. Amos 5:8.
  2. ||Or, challenge it. As Num. 35:19, &c.
  3. ||Or, Let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day. Amos 8:10. Comp. Dt. 32:24 (Heb.).

Cross references

  1. cIsai. 63:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let gloom and deep darkness claim it.

Let clouds dwell upon it;

let the blackness of the day terrify it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more;

may a cloud settle over it;

may blackness overwhelm it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,

and a cloud settle over it.

May what darkens the day terrify it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own.

Let a black cloud overshadow it,

and let the darkness terrify it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let darkness and deep shadow claim it;

let clouds settle on it;

let them terrify it with the blackness of day.