Job 3:7
New International Version
May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.

New Living Translation
Let that night be childless. Let it have no joy.

English Standard Version
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it.

Berean Standard Bible
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

King James Bible
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

New King James Version
Oh, may that night be barren! May no joyful shout come into it!

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, may that night be barren; May no joyful shout enter it.

NASB 1995
“Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

NASB 1977
“Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.

Amplified Bible
“Behold, let that night be barren [and empty]; Let no joyful voice enter it.

Christian Standard Bible
Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout be heard in it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout be heard in it.

American Standard Version
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That night shall be destitute and a song shall not enter it

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let children be created or joyful shouts be heard ever again in that night.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

English Revised Version
Lo, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice come therein.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let that night be empty. Let no joyful singing be heard in it.

Good News Translation
make it a barren, joyless night.

International Standard Version
"Yes, let that night be barren; let it not appear with its joyful shout.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Lo, let that night be desolate; Let no joyful voice come therein.

Literal Standard Version
Behold! That night—let it be barren, | Let no singing come into it.

Majority Standard Bible
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.

New American Bible
May that night be barren; let no joyful outcry greet it!

NET Bible
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

New Revised Standard Version
Yes, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.

New Heart English Bible
Look, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

World English Bible
Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Job Laments His Birth
6If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months. 7Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it. 8May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.…

Cross References
Job 3:6
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

Job 3:8
May it be cursed by those who curse the day--those prepared to rouse Leviathan.


Treasury of Scripture

See, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

solitary.

Isaiah 13:20-22
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there…

Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Jeremiah 7:34
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

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Job 3
1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.
13. The ease of death.
20. He complains of life, because of his anguish.














Verse 7. - Lo, let that night be solitary; or, sterile; "let no one be born in it." Lot no joyful voice come therein; literally, no song. Perhaps the moaning is, "Let no such joyful announcement be made," as that mentioned in ver. 3.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Behold,
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

may that
הַ֭הוּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

night
הַלַּ֣יְלָה (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

be
יְהִ֣י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

barren;
גַלְמ֑וּד (ḡal·mūḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1565: Sterile, desolate

may no
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

joyful voice
רְנָנָ֣ה (rə·nā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7445: A ringing cry

come
תָּבֹ֖א (tā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into it.
בֽוֹ׃ (ḇōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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