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:


In Context

6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

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

10 Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not expire at the time of my birth?

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

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 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: