Job 3:6
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.
As 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.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, let it not reioyce among the dayes.
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Job 3:6
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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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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To take hold or possession of forcibly or suddenly.
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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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Connected, fastened, united, associated, attached, adjoining, or brought together.
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A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.
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Successive measured divisions of the year.
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5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
5Let darkenes and the shadowe of death ‖staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon it, ‖let the blacknes of the day terrifie it.
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.
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.
Selected passage7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
7Loe, let that night be solitarie, let no ioyfull voice come therein.