Job 3:9
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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:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
In other translations
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:May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Hebrew words
יֶחְשְׁכוּyechshekhulet them grow darkH2821כּוֹכְבֵיkokhvei[the] stars ofH3556נִשְׁפּוֹnishpotwilight itsH5399יְקַו־yekav-let it waitH6960לְאוֹרle'orfor lightH216וָאַיִןva'ayinand notH369וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408יִרְאֶהyir'ehit lookH7200בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be'af'apei-on [the] eyelids ofH6079שָׁחַר׃shachardawnH7837
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 41:18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.His snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
- Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- 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.
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