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Job 3:6-10

King James Version (KJV)

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6. [As for] 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. 7. Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. 8. Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. 9. Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: 10. Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother’s] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Job 3:6-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 3:6

Theological / Devotional

That night. The night of Job’s conception (v. 3).

Darkness. Hebrew ’ophel, sometimes used to express the darkness of the underworld (see Job 10:22).

Be joined. Literally, “rejoice.” The translation “be joined” requires a change of vowels in the Hebrew verb. Such a change is supported by Symmachus’ version of the LXX. However, the literal rendering is perfectly intelligible, and there seems to be insufficient reason to depart from it.

Let it not come. Job would banish from the records the night of his conception.

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