Job 3:7
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!
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Referenced Verses
- Isa 13:20-22 : 20 No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there. 21 Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins. 22 Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged.
- Isa 24:8 : 8 The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
- Jer 7:34 : 34 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.”
- Rev 18:22-23 : 22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again. 23 Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells!
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- Job 3:2-65 verses89%
2Job spoke up and said:
3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’
4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!
5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!
6That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!
- Job 3:8-103 verses83%
8Let those who curse the day curse it– those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
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20Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.
- Job 7:3-42 verses74%
3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
4If I lie down, I say,‘When will I arise?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.
- Job 18:5-62 verses72%
5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
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6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
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9in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
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20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?
- Job 17:12-132 verses71%
12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’
13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
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22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
- Job 3:16-172 verses71%
16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
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10But no one says,‘Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,
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18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
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16May that man be like the cities that the LORD destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon.
- Job 24:16-172 verses70%
16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
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20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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23For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!
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17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.
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14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!
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30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
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20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,
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15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,
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13In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,
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11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
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2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;
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11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”
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10Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats– I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.
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10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
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4Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness,
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14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
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11They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.
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17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.
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23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
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20Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.
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2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
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22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
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14Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.
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17When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls,
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4My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.