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Job 3:5

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5Let darkness and deep shadow claim it;

let cloudsf settle on it;

let themg terrify it with the blacknessh of day.

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Footnotes

  1. fLiterally “cloud”
  2. gMasculine plural referring to all three entities mentioned in this verse
  3. hLiterally “blacknesses”

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it;

Let a cloud dwell upon it;

Let the blackness of the day terrify it.