Job 3:5
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Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
In other translations
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Hebrew words
יִגְאָלֻהוּyig'aluhulet them reclaim itH1350חֹשֶׁךְchoshekhdarknessH2822וְצַלְמָוֶתvetzalmavetand deep darknessH6757תִּשְׁכָּן־tishkon-let it settle downH7931עָלָיו'alavover itH5921עֲנָנָה'ananahcloudH6053יְבַעֲתֻהוּyeva'atuhulet them terrify itH1204כִּמְרִירֵיkimrirei[the] darkness<es> ofH3650יוֹם׃yomdayH3117
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Related verses
- Job 10:21-2221 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.21 before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom, 22 to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
- Job 28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
- Jeremiah 2:6Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
- Psalm 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalm 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Psalm 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
- Isaiah 9:2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
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