Job 3:6

Job 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
• New International Version (NIV)That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.
• English Standard Version (ESV)That night—let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for that night, may darkness seize it; May it not rejoice among the days of the year, May it not come into the number of the months.

Context of Job 3:6

4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it. 5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it. 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. 7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it. 8May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

Job 3:6 word by word

הַלַּ֥יְלָה הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ אֹ֥פֶל אַל־יִ֭חַדְּ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃Read the interlinear

• If only darknessאֹ֫פֶל'ôphel · darknessH652
• had takenהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• that nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• May it notאַל'al · notH408
• appearחָדָהchâdâh · to rejoiceH2302
• among the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• be enteredבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• in anyמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of the monthsיֶ֫רַחyerach · monthH3391

Commentaries on Job 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it - I think the Targum has hit the sense of this whole verse: "Let darkness seize upon that night; let it not be reckoned among the annual festivals; in the number of the months of the calendar let it not be computed." Some understand the word אפל ophel as signifying a dark storm; hence the Vulgate, tenebrosus turbo, "a dark whirlwind." And hence Coverdale, Let the darck storme overcome that night, let it not be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6As for “that night.” Job, having cursed the day, proceeds to utter a malediction on the “night” also; see Job 3:3. This malediction extends to Job 3:9. Let darkness seize upon it - Hebrew, Let it take it. Let deep and horrid darkness seize it as its own. Let no star arise upon it; let it be unbroken and uninterrupted gloom. The word “darkness,” however, does not quite express the force of the original. The word used here אפל 'ôphel is poetic, and denotes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Job spoke and risked words of sin (1:21; 2:10). Job cursed the day of his birth in great detail. However, his words sounded more like sad complaints. Job did not curse God as his creator, but he showed grief about the condition of his life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. seize upon it--as its prey, that is, utterly dissolve it. joined unto the days of the year--rather, by poetic personification, "Let it not rejoice in the circle of days and nights and months, which form the circle of years."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
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Commentaries on Job 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings