Job 3:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJob 3:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הַלַּ֥יְלָה
layil
H3915
night
הַהוּא֮
hûwʼ
H1931
he
יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
אֹ֥פֶל
ʼôphel
H652
darkness
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
יִ֭חַדְּ
châdâh
H2302
to rejoice
בִּימֵ֣י
yôwm
H3117
day
שָׁנָ֑ה
shâneh
H8141
year
בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר
miçpâr
H4557
number
יְ֝רָחִ֗ים
yerach
H3391
month
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
יָבֹֽא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
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World English Bible Public Domain
As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
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King James Version Public Domain
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
That night—may gloom take it! May it not rejoice among the days of the year; into the number of the months may it not come.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).