Job 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

That day—let it be darkness, || Do not let God require it from above, || Nor let light shine on it.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Let that day be turned into darkness, let not God regard it from above, and let not the light shine upon it.

GNV

Let that day bee darkenesse, let not God regarde it from aboue, neyther let the light shine vpon it,

JPS

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

LXXE

Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC

הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֗וּא יְֽהִ֫י חֹ֥שֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη εἴη σκότος, καὶ μὴ ἀναζητήσαι αὐτὴν ὁ Κύριος ἄνωθεν, μηδὲ ἔλθοι εἰς αὐτὴν φέγγος·

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Amos 5:18Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
• Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
• Acts 27:20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
• Exodus 10:22–23So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light…
• Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
• Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
• Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).