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Job 3:2-4
American Standard Version
Job 3:2-4
American Standard Version
2 And Job answered and said:
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born,
And the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness;
Let not God from above seek for it,
Neither let the light shine upon it.
Job 3:2-4
New International Version
Job 3:2-4
New International Version
2 He said:
3 “May the day of my birth perish,
and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’(A)
4 That day—may it turn to darkness;
may God above not care about it;
may no light shine on it.
Job 3:2-4
King James Version
Job 3:2-4
King James Version
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
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Job 3:2-4
New King James Version
Job 3:2-4
New King James Version
2 And Job [a]spoke, and said:
3 “May(A) the day perish on which I was born,
And the night in which it was said,
‘A male child is conceived.’
4 May that day be darkness;
May God above not seek it,
Nor the light shine upon it.
Footnotes
- Job 3:2 Lit. answered
Job 3:2-4
English Standard Version
Job 3:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And Job said:
3 (A)“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
4 Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
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