Job 3:6
Strong's Lexicon
If only darkness
אֹ֥פֶל (’ō·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 652: 1) darkness, gloom 2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)

had taken
הַהוּא֮ (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)

that night
הַלַּ֥יְלָה (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

away !
יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ (yiq·qā·ḥê·hū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

May it not
אַל־ (’al-)
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)

appear
יִ֭חַדְּ (yi·ḥad)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2302: 1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Piel) to make glad, gladden

among the days
בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
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

of the year,
שָׁנָ֑ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

or be entered
יָבֹֽא׃ (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

in any
בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר (bə·mis·par)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4557: 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

of the months
יְ֝רָחִ֗ים (yə·rā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3391: 1) month (lunar cycle), moon 1a) month 1b) calendar month

אַל־ (’al-)
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)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Young's Literal Translation
That night—let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only darkness had taken that  night  away! May it not appear among  the days of the year or be listed in  the calendar . 

New American Standard Bible
"[As for] that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
That night--may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months.

New Living Translation
Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months.

English Standard Version
That night—let thick darkness seize it! Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

New American Standard Bible
"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.

International Standard Version
Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar.

NET Bible
That night--let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

American Standard Version
As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

English Revised Version
As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Young's Literal Translation
That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
















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

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 3:4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Job 3:9
Let 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:
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