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Job 3:4

Job 3:4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Let that day be darkness,.... Not only dark, but darkness itself, extremely dark; and which is to be understood not figuratively of the darkness of affliction and calamity; this Job would not wish…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Let that day be darkness - Let it not be day; or, O, that it had not been day, that the sun had not risen, and that it had been night. Let not God regard it from above - The word rendered here…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 3:1-10

Long was Job's heart hot within him; and, while he was musing, the fire burned, and the more for being stifled and suppressed. At length he spoke with his tongue, but not such a good word as David…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

regard it lit. seek after it, or care for it. Let it perish from His mind that He cause no sun to rise upon it.