Job 3:4
Strong's Lexicon
If only that
הַה֗וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

day
הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

had turned
יְֽהִ֫י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

to darkness !
חֹ֥שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

May God
אֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 433: 1) God 2) false god

above
מִמָּ֑עַל (mim·mā·‘al)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4605: subst 1) higher part, upper part adv 1a) above prep 1b) on the top of, above, on higher ground than with locative 1c) upwards, higher, above

וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

disregard it;
יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ (yiḏ·rə·šê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1875: 1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)

[may no] light
נְהָרָֽה׃ (nə·hā·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5105: 1) light, daylight

shine
תּוֹפַ֖ע (tō·w·p̄a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3313: 1) to shine, shine forth or out, cause to shine, send out beams 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to shine out, shine forth, send out beams 1a2) to cause to shine

upon it.
עָלָ֣יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Young's Literal Translation
That day—let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not  care about  it, or light shine on  it.

New American Standard Bible
"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.

King James Bible
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
That day--may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.

New Living Translation
Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it.

English Standard Version
Let that day be darkness! May God above not seek it, nor light shine upon it.

New American Standard Bible
"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it.

King James Bible
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above not care about it, or light shine on it.

International Standard Version
Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

NET Bible
That day--let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

American Standard Version
Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

English Revised Version
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Young's Literal Translation
That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
















Cross References
Job 3:3
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

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

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 3:2
And Job spake, and said,

Job 3:1
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 3:6
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.

Job 3:7
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
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