Job 3:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

hayyôm hahûʾ yəhî ḥōšek ʾal-yidrəšēhû ʾĕlôah mimmāʿal wə-ʾal-tôpaʿ ʿālāyw nəhārâ

Grammar Details

*hayyôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day
*hahûʾ*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that
*yəhî*: verb, Qal jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let it be
*ḥōšek*: noun, masculine singular - darkness
*ʾal-yidrəšēhû*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - let not seek it
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God
*mimmāʿal*: preposition + noun - from above
*wə-ʾal-tôpaʿ*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, Hiphil jussive, 3rd feminine singular - and let not shine
*ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon it
*nəhārâ*: noun, feminine singular - light

Word Meanings

*yidrəšēhû*: seek it/care for it/inquire after it
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*mimmāʿal*: from above/from on high
*tôpaʿ*: shine/beam/appear
*nəhārâ*: light/daylight/brightness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 10:22-23 : 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
Deut 11:12 : 12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Amos 5:18 : 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Acts 27:20 : 20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Rev 16:10 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

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