Bible verse
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Job 3:5 · BSB
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.
9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
KJV
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
ASV
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
ERV
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
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