Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
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Gill's Exposition
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark,.... Either of the morning or evening twilight; both may be meant, rather the latter, because of the following clause; the sense is, let not these appear…
Barnes' Notes
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark - That is, be extinguished, so that it shall be total darkness - darkness not even relieved by a single star. The word here rendered “twilight” נשׁף…
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
the twilight thereof that is, the morning twilight of that night. Let its morning stars, that should herald its day, go out as the next clause explains: let it look for the light of a day that never…