Job 3:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵May gloom and total darkness take it back.
    May a cloud settle over it.
    May blackness cover it up.
⁶May deep darkness take over the night I was born.
    May it not be included among the days of the year.
    May it never appear in any of the months.
⁷May no children ever have been born on that night.
    May no shout of joy be heard in it.

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Job 3:5-7

New International Version

⁵May gloom and utter darkness^(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.
⁶That night—may thick darkness^(B) seize it;
    may it not be included among the days of the year
    nor be entered in any of the months.
⁷May that night be barren;
    may no shout of joy^(C) be heard in it.

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Job 3:5-7

New King James Version

⁵May darkness and ^(A)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.
⁶As for that night, may darkness seize it;
May it not ^[a]rejoice among the days of the year,
May it not come into the number of the months.
⁷Oh, may that night be barren!
May no joyful shout come into it!