Bible verse

Job 3:4

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Job 3:4 · BSB

Job 3:4 in context

The verses around it, from Job 3.

1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

2 And this is what he said:

3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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Job 3:4 in other translations

KJV

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

ASV

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

ERV

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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