Job 3:4

NETBible

That day 1  – let it be darkness; 2  let not God on high regard 3  it, nor let light shine 4  on it!

NIV ©

That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine upon it.

NASB ©

"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.

NLT ©

Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let it be shrouded in darkness.

MSG ©

Let it be a black hole in space. May God above forget it ever happened. Erase it from the books!

BBE ©

That day—let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

NRSV ©

Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, or light shine on it.

NKJV ©

May that day be darkness; May God above not seek it, Nor the light shine upon it.

KJV
Let that day
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be darkness
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let not God
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regard
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it from above
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neither let the light
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shine
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upon it.
NASB ©
"May that day
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be darkness
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; Let not God
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above
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care
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for it, Nor
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light
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shine
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on it.
LXXM
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T-NSF
hmera
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N-NSF
ekeinh
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D-NSF
eih
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V-PAO-3S
skotov
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N-ASN
kai
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CONJ
mh
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ADV
anazhthsai
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V-AAO-3S
authn
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D-ASF
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T-NSM
kuriov
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N-NSM
anwyen
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ADV
mhde
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CONJ
elyoi
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V-AAO-3S
eiv
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PREP
authn
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D-ASF
feggov
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N-NSN
NET [draft] ITL
That day
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– let it be
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darkness
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; let not
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God
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on high
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regard
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it, nor
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let light
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shine
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on
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it!
HEBREW
hrhn
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wyle
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epwt
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law
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lemm
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hwla
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whsrdy
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la
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Ksx
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yhy
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awhh
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Mwyh (3:4)
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NETBible

That day 1  – let it be darkness; 2  let not God on high regard 3  it, nor let light shine 4  on it!

NET Notes

1 tn The first two words should be treated as a casus pendens (see D. J. A. Clines, Job [WBC], 69), referred to as an extraposition in recent grammarians.

2 sn This expression by Job is the negation of the divine decree at creation – “Let there be light,” and that was the first day. Job wishes that his first day be darkness: “As for that day, let there be darkness.” Since only God has this prerogative, Job adds the wish that God on high would not regard that day.

3 tn The verb דָּרַשׁ (darash) means “to seek, inquire,” and “to address someone, be concerned about something” (cf. Deut 11:12; Jer 30:14,17). Job wants the day to perish from the mind of God.

4 tn The verb is the Hiphil of יָפַע (yafa’), which means here “cause to shine.” The subject is the term נְהָרָה (nÿharah,“light”), a hapax legomenon which is from the verb נָהַר (nahar, “to gleam” [see Isa 60:5]).