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Gill's Exposition
Lo, let that night be solitary,.... Let there be no company for journeys, or doing any business; no meetings of friends, neighbours, or relations on it, for refreshment, pleasure, and recreation,…
Barnes' Notes
Lo, let that night be solitary - Dr. Good, “O! that night! Let it be a barren rock!” Noyes, “O let that night be unfruitful!” Herder, “Let that night be set apart by itself.” The Hebrew word used here…
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…
Cambridge Bible
be solitary Rather perhaps, barren, as Isa 49:21. Let it not experience a parent's joy, and le nought that lives date its birth from it.
no joyful voice of birthday rejoicing.
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