King James Version
Job 3:4 in the King James Version says “Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.”
Job 3:4 · KJV
And Job spake, and said, spake: Heb. answered
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. stain: or, challenge let the: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day
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. let it not be: or, let it not rejoice among the days
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“be darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“regard”
H1875properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
“it from above”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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