Job 3:4
What does Job 3:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862That day--let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890That day — let it be darkness, let notGod care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
- Revelation 16:10
And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
- Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Deuteronomy 11:12
a land which Jehovah thy God careth for: the eyes of Jehovah thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
- Acts 27:20
And when neither sun nor stars shone upon us for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was now taken away.
- Joel 2:2
a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
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