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Job 3:7

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3:7Indeed,20 let that night be barren;21

let no shout of joy22 penetrate23 it!

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Footnotes

  1. 20 The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “behold”) in this sentence focuses the reader’s attention on the statement to follow.
  2. 21 The word גַּלְמוּד (galmud) probably has here the idea of “barren” rather than “solitary.” See the parallelism in Isa 49:21. In Job it seems to carry the idea of “barren” in 15:34, and “gloomy” in 30:3. Barrenness can lead to gloom.
  3. 22 The word is from רָנַן (ranan, “to give a ringing cry” or “shout of joy”). The sound is loud and shrill.
  4. 23 The verb is simply בּוֹא (bo’, “to enter”). The translates interpretively “be heard in it.” A shout of joy, such as at a birth, that “enters” a day is certainly heard on that day.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, let that night be barren;

let no joyful cry enter it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May that night be barren;

may no shout of joy be heard in it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yes, may that night be barren;

may no joyful shout be heard in it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Let that night be childless.

Let it have no joy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look, let that night become barren;

let a joyful song not enter it.

KJV 1900King James Version

Lo, let that night be solitary,

Let no joyful voice come therein.