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Job 3:9
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KJ21
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,
ASV
Let 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:
AMP
“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark; Let the morning wait in vain for the light, Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),
AMPC
Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day’s dawning,
BRG
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:
CSB
May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
CSBA
May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
CEB
May its evening stars stay dark; may it wait in vain for light; may it not see dawn’s gleam,
CJB
because it didn’t shut the doors of the womb I was in and shield my eyes from trouble.
CEV
Darken its morning stars and remove all hope of light,
DARBY
Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:
DRA
Let 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:
ERV
Let that day’s morning star be dark. Let that night wait for a morning that never comes. I wish it had never seen the first rays of sunlight.
EASY
The stars of early morning should be dark on that day. Do not let the sun shine at dawn, so that there is no end to the dark night.
EHV
May its twilight stars be darkened. May it wait hopefully for light but receive none. May it never see the eyelids of dawn,
ESV
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,
ESVUK
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning,
EXB
Let that day’s morning stars ·never appear [L become dark]; let it ·wait [hope] for daylight that never comes. Don’t let it see the first light of dawn,
GNV
Let the stars of that twilight be dim through darkness of it: let it look for light, but have none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,
GW
Let its stars turn dark before dawn. Let it hope for light and receive none. Let it not see the first light of dawn
GNT
Keep the morning star from shining; give that night no hope of dawn.
HCSB
May its morning stars grow dark. May it wait for daylight but have none; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
ICB
Let that day’s morning stars become dark. Let it wait for daylight, but don’t let it come. Don’t let it see the first light of dawn.
ISV
Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.
JUB
Let the stars of its dawn be darkened; they waited for light, but have none; neither let them see the dawning of the day;
KJV
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:
AKJV
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:
LSB
Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it hope for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn,
LEB
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but there be none, and let it not see the eyelids of dawn
TLB
Let the stars of the night disappear. Let it long for light but never see it, never see the morning light.
MSG
“Obliterate the day I was born. Blank out the night I was conceived! Let it be a black hole in space. May God above forget it ever happened. Erase it from the books! May the day of my birth be buried in deep darkness, shrouded by the fog, swallowed by the night. And the night of my conception—the devil take it! Rip the date off the calendar, delete it from the almanac. Oh, turn that night into pure nothingness— no sounds of pleasure from that night, ever! May those who are good at cursing curse that day. Unleash the sea beast, Leviathan, on it. May its morning stars turn to black cinders, waiting for a daylight that never comes, never once seeing the first light of dawn. And why? Because it released me from my mother’s womb into a life with so much trouble.
MEV
Let its morning stars be dark; let it look for light, but have none; let it not see the rays of dawn,
NOG
Let its stars turn dark before dawn. Let it hope for light and receive none. Let it not see the first light of dawn
NABRE
May the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it look for daylight, but have none, nor gaze on the eyes of the dawn,
NASB
May the stars of its twilight be darkened; May it wait for light but have none, And may it not see the breaking dawn;
NASB1995
“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn;
NCB
May the stars of its twilight be darkened; let it wait in vain for daylight and never behold the first rays of dawn,
NCV
Let that day’s morning stars never appear; let it wait for daylight that never comes. Don’t let it see the first light of dawn,
NET
Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,
NIRV
May its morning stars become dark. May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight. May it not see the first light of the morning sun.
NIV
May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
NIVUK
May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn,
NKJV
May the stars of its morning be dark; May it look for light, but have none, And not see the dawning of the day;
NLV
Let the early morning stars be made dark. Let it wait for light but have none. Do not let it see the light of day.
NLT
Let its morning stars remain dark. Let it hope for light, but in vain; may it never see the morning light.
NRSVA
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
NRSVACE
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
NRSVCE
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
NRSVUE
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
OJB
Let the kokhavim of the dawn thereof be dark; let it look for ohr, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the shachar,
RGT
“Let the stars of that twilight be dim through the darkness of it. Let it look for light but have none. Nor let it see the dawning of the day,
RSV
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;
RSVCE
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;
TLV
May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn.
VOICE
And may the early-morning stars be extinguished. Let the day wait for a light that won’t ever come, And may it never see the eyelids of dawn crack open.
WEB
Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
WYC
[The] Stars of that night be they made dark with the darkness thereof; abide it light, and see it not, neither see it the beginning of the morrowtide rising up. (Let the stars of that night be made dark in its darkness; let it wait for the light, but not see it, nor let it see the beginning of the morning rising up.)
YLT
Let 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.
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