New English Translation
Job 3:7
7Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!
Job 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
- New International Version (NIV)May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, may that night be barren! May no joyful shout come into it!
Context of Job 3:7
5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! 6That night – let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! 8Let those who curse the day curse it – those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. 9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
Read all of Job 3Job 3:7 word by word
הִנֵּ֤ה הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 3:7
- Isaiah 13:20No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.
- Isaiah 24:8The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
- Jeremiah 7:34I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
- Revelation 18:22And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again.
Commentaries on Job 3:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Lo, let that night be solitary - The word הנה hinneh, behold, or lo, is wanting in one of De Rossi's MSS., nor is it expressed in the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, or Arabic. The word גלמוד galmud, which we translate solitary, is properly Arabic. From ghalama or jalama, signifying to cut off, make bare, amputate, comes jalmud, a rock, a great stone; and jalameedet, weight, a burden, trouble, from which we may gather Job's meaning: "Let that night be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Lo, let that night be solitary - Dr. Good, “O! that night! Let it be a barren rock!” Noyes, “O let that night be unfruitful!” Herder, “Let that night be set apart by itself.” The Hebrew word used here גלמוּד galmûd means properly “hard;” then sterile, barren, as of a hard and rocky soil. It does not mean properly solitary, but that which is unproductive and unfruitful. It is used of a woman who is barren, Isaiah 49:21, and also of that which is lean…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. 77. solitary--rather, "unfruitful." "Would that it had not given birth to me."Read the comment
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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
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