Job 3:5
What does Job 3:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 9:2
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
- Matthew 4:16
The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.
- Job 24:17
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
- Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
- Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Luke 1:79
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
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