Job 3:4–5
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regard it from aboue, neither let the light shine vpon it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Let darkenes and the shadowe of death ‖staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, ‖let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, challenge it.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, let them terrifie it, as those who haue a bitter day.
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From verse 4
- Acts 27:20Rank 1 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 11:12Rank 3 from verse 4
12A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
12A lande, which the LORD thy God †careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are alwayes vpon it, from the beginning of the yeere, euen vnto the end of the yeere.
- Exodus 10:22–23Rank 4 from verse 4
22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
22And Moses stretched foorth his hand toward heauen: and there was a thicke darkenesse in all the land of Egypt three dayes.
23They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three dayes: *but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
2A day of darkenesse and of gloominesse, a day of clouds and of thicke darkenesse, as the morning spread vpon the mountaines: a great people and a strong, there hath not beene euer the like, neither shall be any more after it, euen to the yeres †of many generations.
- Matthew 27:45Rank 6 from verse 4
- Revelation 16:10Rank 7 from verse 4
From verse 5
- Job 10:21–22Rank 1 from verse 5
21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
21Before I goe whence I shall not returne, euen to the land of darknes and the shadow of death,
22A land of darknes, as darknes it selfe, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkenes.
- Jeremiah 2:6Rank 3 from verse 5
6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
6Neither sayd they, Where is the LORD that *brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a land of deserts and of pittes, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed thorow, and where no man dwelt.
- Psalms 23:4Rank 4 from verse 5
- Deuteronomy 4:11Rank 5 from verse 5
11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
11And ye came neere and stood vnder the mountaine, and the *mountaine burnt with fire vnto the †midst of heauen, with darkenes, cloudes, and thicke darkenesse.
- Ezekiel 34:12Rank 6 from verse 5
12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
12†As a shepheard seeketh out his flocke in the day that hee is among his sheepe that are scattered: so wil I seeke out my sheep, and will deliuer them out of all places, where they haue bene scattered in the cloudie and darke day.
- Isaiah 9:2Rank 7 from verse 5
- Jeremiah 13:16Rank 8 from verse 5
16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
16*Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.
- Jeremiah 4:28Rank 9 from verse 5
28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
28For this shall the earth mourne, and the heauens aboue be blacke: because I haue spoken it, I haue purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turne backe from it.
- Psalms 107:10Rank 10 from verse 5
- Psalms 107:14Rank 11 from verse 5
- Matthew 4:16Rank 16 from verse 5
8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
8Seeke him that maketh the *seuen starres and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day darke with night: that *calleth for the waters of the Sea, and powreth them out vpon the face of the earth: the LORD is his Name.
10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
10And I will turne your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and I will bring vp sackcloth vpon all loynes, and baldnesse vpon euery head: and I will make it as the mourning of an onely sonne, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
- Ezekiel 30:3Rank 19 from verse 5
- Hebrews 12:18Rank 20 from verse 5
2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
2A day of darkenesse and of gloominesse, a day of clouds and of thicke darkenesse, as the morning spread vpon the mountaines: a great people and a strong, there hath not beene euer the like, neither shall be any more after it, euen to the yeres †of many generations.
- Psalms 44:19Rank 22 from verse 5
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Job 3:4
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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The one true God.
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Respect; esteem; reverence; that view of the mind which springs from value, estimable qualities, or any thing that excites admiration.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Job 3:5
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. A darkened shape or shade cast by intercepted light. 2. Shelter or protection. 3. A fleeting trace or likeness. 4. A preliminary outline, type, or representation of a fuller reality.
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To blot; to soil; to spot with guilt or infamy; to tarnish; to bring reproach on.
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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.
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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Black or deep darkness; a darkened appearance.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To frighten, alarm, or fill with terror.
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3:1AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
3:1¶ After this, opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his day.
3:2And Job spake, and said,
3:2And Iob †spake, and said,
3:3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
3:3*Let the day perish, wherein I was borne, and the night in which it was said, There is a man-childe conceiued.
3:4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
3:4Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regard it from aboue, neither let the light shine vpon it.
Selected passage3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
3:5Let darkenes and the shadowe of death ‖staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, ‖let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.
Selected passage3:6As 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.
3:6As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, ‖let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths.
3:7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
3:7Loe, let that night be solitarie, let no ioyfull voice come therein.
3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise vp ‖their mourning.
3:9Let 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:
3:9Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see† the dawning of the day:
3:10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
3:10Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe from mine eyes.
3:11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
3:11Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie?
3:12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
3:12Why did the knees preuent mee? or why the breasts, that I should sucke?
3:13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
3:13For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,
3:14With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
3:14With Kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselues,
3:15Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
3:15Or with Princes that had golde, who filled their houses with siluer:
3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
3:16Or as an hidden vntimely birth, I had not bene; as infants which neuer saw light.
3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
3:17There the wicked cease from troubling: and there the †wearie be at rest.
3:18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
3:18 There the prisoners rest together, they heare not the voice of the oppressour.
3:19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
3:19The small and great are there, and the seruant is free from his master.
3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
3:20Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?
3:21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
3:21Which †long for death, but it commeth not, and dig for it more then for hid treasures:
3:22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
3:22Which reioice exceedingly, and are glad when they can finde the graue?
3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
3:23 Why is light giuen to a man, whose way is hid, *and whom God hath hedged in?
3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
3:24For my sighing commeth †before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the waters.
3:25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
3:25For †the thing which I greatly feared is come vpon me, and that which I was afraid of, is come vnto me.
3:26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
3:26I was not in safetie, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet: yet trouble came.