Job 3:9

Job 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
• New International Version (NIV)May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,
• New King James Version (NKJV)May the stars of its morning be dark; May it look for light, but have none, And not see the dawning of the day;

Context of Job 3:9

7Let that night be childless. Let it have no joy. 8Let those who are experts at cursing— whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day. Let its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain; may it never see the morning light. 10Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble. 11“Why wasn’t I born dead? Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Job 3:9 word by word

יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ יְקַו־לְא֥וֹר וָאַ֑יִן וְאַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of the twilightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• thereof be darkחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821
• let it lookקָוָהqâvâh · to awaitH6960
• for lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• none; neither let it seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the dawningעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• of the dayשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837

Cross-references for Job 3:9

• Job 30:26So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
• Jeremiah 8:15We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.
• Job 41:18“When it sneezes, it flashes light! Its eyes are like the red of dawn.

Commentaries on Job 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Let the stars of the twilight thereof - The stars of the twilight may here refer to the planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury, as well as to the brighter fixed stars. Let it look for light - Here the prosopopoeia or personification is still carried on. The darkness is represented as waiting for the lustre of the evening star, but is disappointed; and these for the aurora or dawn, but equally in vain. He had prayed that its light, the sun, should not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark - That is, be extinguished, so that it shall be total darkness - darkness not even relieved by a single star. The word here rendered “twilight” נשׁף nesheph means properly a breathing; and hence, the evening, when cooling breezes “blow,” or gently breathe. It is used however, to denote both the morning and the evening twilight, though here probably it means the latter. He wishes that the evening of that night…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Venus and Mercury, known as the morning stars, announce the arrival of dawn (38:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. dawning of the day--literally, "eyelashes of morning." The Arab poets call the sun the eye of day. His early rays, therefore, breaking forth before sunrise, are the opening eyelids or eyelashes of morning.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 3:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Prayer

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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