Job 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Job 3:9

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

BSB

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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:

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:

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark - That is, be extinguished, so that it shall be total darkness - darkness not even relieved by a single star. The word here rendered “twilight” נשׁף nesheph means properly a breathing; and hence, the evening, when cooling breezes “blow,” or gently breathe. It is used however, to denote both the morning and the evening twilight, though here probably it means the latter. He wishes that the evening of that night, instead of being in any way illuminated, should “set in” with total darkness and continue so.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮	yech.she.Khu	let them grow dark	H2821 →
כּוֹכְבֵ֪י	kokh.Vei	[the] stars of	H3556 →
נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ	nish.Po	twilight its	H5399 →
יְקַו־	ye.kav-	let it wait	H6960 →
לְא֥וֹר	le.'or	for light	H216 →
וָאַ֑יִן	va.'A.yin	and not	H369 →
וְאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה	yir.'Eh	it look	H7200 →
בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־	be.'af.'a.pei-	on [the] eyelids of	H6079 →
שָֽׁחַר׃	Sha.char	dawn	H7837 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:19
  Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Job 30:26
But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
leads to
- Jeremiah 8:15
  We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- Job 3:25–26
  For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Through
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
- Isaiah 8:22
  Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
- Isaiah 60:2
  For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Joshua 7:19
  So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not…

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