9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:


In Context

6 That night let gloom seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse Leviathan;

9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

10 Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

11 Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Job 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Let 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Let 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: