Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

New American Standard Bible

“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.

King James Version

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Holman Bible

If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.

International Standard Version

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

A Conservative Version

Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.

American Standard Version

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

Amplified


“May that day be darkness;
Let God above not care about it,
Nor light shine on it.

Bible in Basic English

That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

Darby Translation

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Julia Smith Translation

That day shall be darkness; God shall not search it out from above, and the light shall not shine upon it.

King James 2000

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it.

Modern King James verseion

Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:

NET Bible

That day -- let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

New Heart English Bible

Let that day be darkness. Do not let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

The Emphasized Bible

That day, be it darkness, - Let not God enquire after it from above, May there shine upon it no clear beam:

Webster

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

World English Bible

Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

let not God
אלהּ אלוהּ 
'elowahh 
God, god
Usage: 57

דּרשׁ 
Darash 
Usage: 164

it from above
מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 140

נהרה 
N@harah 
Usage: 1

יפע 
Yapha` 
Usage: 8

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Job

Watsons

Context Readings

Job Regrets His Birth

3 Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been conceived.' 4 That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

Cross References

Exodus 10:22-23

And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

Deuteronomy 11:12

a land which Jehovah thy God is searching; continually are the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the latter end of the year.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again -- till the years of generation and generation.

Amos 5:18

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

Matthew 27:45

And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

Acts 27:20

and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth messenger did pour out his vial upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom did become darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues from the pain,

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