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Job 3:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months. "
Job 3:6
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4 Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.
6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
7 Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
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Job 3:1
"After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth."
Job 3:2
"Job answered:"
Job 3:3
"“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’"
Job 3:4
"Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it."
Job 3:5
"Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it."
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"Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein."
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