Job 3:4
The NET BibleOther versions
English
- NET The NET Bible
- DARBY 1890 Darby Bible
- ASV American Standard Version
- AV 1873 The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version
- CSB Christian Standard Bible
- D-R Douay-Rheims Bible
- ESV English Standard Version
- GW GOD’S WORD Translation
- GNB Good News Translation
- HCSB The Holman Christian Standard Bible
- KJV 1900 King James Version
- LSB Legacy Standard Bible
- LEB The Lexham English Bible
- MSG The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
- NASB95 New American Standard Bible (1995)
- NCV New Century Version
- NIrV New International Reader’s Version (1998)
- NIV New International Version (2011)
- NKJV The New King James Version
- NLT New Living Translation
- NRSVue New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition
- RSV The Revised Standard Version
- RSVCE The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
- TNIV Today’s New International Version
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Arabic
Czech
French
German
Hebrew
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Latin
Portuguese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
Footnotes
- 10 The first two words should be treated as a casus pendens (see D. J. A. Clines, Job [], ), referred to as an extraposition in recent grammarians.
- 11 This expression by Job is the negation of the divine decree at creation—“Let there be light,” and that was the first day. Job wishes that his first day be darkness: “As for that day, let there be darkness.” Since only God has this prerogative, Job adds the wish that God on high would not regard that day.
- 12 The verb דָּרַשׁ (darash) means “to seek, inquire,” and “to address someone, be concerned about something” (cf. Deut 11:12; Jer 30:14, 17). Job wants the day to perish from the mind of God.
- 13 The verb is the Hiphil of יָפַע (yafa’), which means here “cause to shine.” The subject is the term נְהָרָה (néharah,“light”), a which is from the verb נָהַר (nahar, “to gleam” [see Isa 60:5]).
The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Let that day be turned to darkness.
Let it be lost even to God on high,
and let no light shine on it.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Let that day become darkness;
may God not seek it from above,
nor may daylight shine on it.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Let that day be darkness;
Let not God regard it from above,
Neither let the light shine upon it.
Public Domain