Job 3:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let darkness{H2822} and the shadow of death{H6757} claim{H1350} it for their own; Let a cloud{H6053} dwell{H7931} upon it; Let all that maketh black{H3650} the day{H3117} terrify{H1204} it.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let darkness{H2822} and the shadow of death{H6757} stain{H1350}{(H8799)} it; let a cloud{H6053} dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} upon it; let the blackness{H3650} of the day{H3117} terrify{H1204}{(H8762)} it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    but be couered with darcknesse, and the shadowe of death. Let the dymme cloude fall vpon it, and let it be lapped in with sorowe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But let darkenesse, and the shadowe of death staine it: let the cloude remayne vpon it, and let them make it fearefull as a bitter day.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death, let the dimme cloude fall vpon it, whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go, never to return, to a land of darkness and deep shadow. 22 A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  • Job 28:3 : 3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the farthest limits for ore buried in deep darkness.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  • Job 38:17 : 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
  • Job 24:17 : 17 For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who were sitting in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned upon them.
  • Luke 1:79 : 79 to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Heb 12:18 : 18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched, that is burning with fire, to darkness, gloom, and a storm,
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
  • Job 16:16 : 16 My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.
  • Ps 44:19 : 19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from Your path.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains apart.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 Because of this, the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will grow dark. For I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not relent or turn back from it.
  • Ezek 30:3 : 3 For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near. A day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns deep darkness into morning and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth—the Lord is his name.
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'

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    3 Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'

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    21 Before I go, never to return, to a land of darkness and deep shadow.

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  • Job 24:16-17
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    16 In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

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  • Job 18:5-6
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    5 Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

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    11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

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    14 They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

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    22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.

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    6 He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

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    16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

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    30 On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

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    26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

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    17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.

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    11 If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'

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    2 He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

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    18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

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    3 Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out to the farthest limits for ore buried in deep darkness.

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    8 All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

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    6 Let their way be dark and slippery, as the angel of the Lord pursues them.

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    15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

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    23 Let their table before them become a snare, and their security a trap.

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    11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

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    22 Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

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    15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Job 38:19
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    19 Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

  • Job 19:8
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    8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

  • Isa 13:10
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    10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.

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    12 He made darkness his covering around him, dense clouds of water and thick clouds of the skies.

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    18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you desire it? The day of the Lord will be darkness and not light.

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    13 But it will not go well for the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not fear God.

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    13 that it might take hold of the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

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    19 Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness.

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    9 'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'

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    34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me.