5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.


In Context

2 Job answered:

3 |Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, 'There is a boy conceived.'

4 Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

6 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.

7 Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

Job 3:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5May darkness and deep shadow claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm its light.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell on it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.