May darkness and gloom(A) reclaim it,
and a cloud settle over it.
May an eclipse of the sun[a] terrify it.

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  1. Job 3:5 Lit May a darkening of daylight

May gloom and utter darkness(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.

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22 He reveals mysteries from the darkness
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.(A)

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22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(A)
    and brings utter darkness(B) into the light.(C)

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A miner puts an end to the darkness;
he probes[a] the deepest recesses
for ore in the gloomy darkness.

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  1. Job 28:3 Lit probes all

Mortals put an end to the darkness;(A)
    they search out the farthest recesses
    for ore in the blackest darkness.(B)

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