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Job 3:9

Job 3:9 is verse 9 of Job chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

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Job 3:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

8 May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

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Hebrew words

יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮let them grow dark כּוֹכְבֵ֪י[the] stars of נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹtwilight its יְקַוlet it wait לְא֥וֹרfor light וָאַ֑יִןand not וְאַלand may not יִ֝רְאֶ֗הit look בְּעַפְעַפֵּיon [the] eyelids of שָֽׁחַרdawn

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 30:26
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Job 41:18
His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

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