King James Version
Job 3:7 in the King James Version says “Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.”
Job 3:7 · KJV
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
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. their: or, leviathan
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: the dawning: Heb. the eyelids of the morning
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lo let that night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
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)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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