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Job 3:4 Cross-References
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“Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.”
Job 3:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 3:4
Job curses the day of his birth, wishing it had been darkness rather than light. The Hebrew 'choshek' (darkness) contrasts with creation's first day when God separated light from darkness (Genesis 1:3-4). Job's wish for his birth day to retroactively become darkness reveals his desire for non-existence rather than continued suffering. This doesn't constitute suicide—Job never takes action against his life—but expresses the legitimate feeling that death would be preferable to agony. Even this God permits in Scripture.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 3:4
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“and no small storm pressed on us”
“and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain”
“from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.”
“a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains”
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
“and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.”