Job 3:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Let the dayיֹ֖ום
(yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
perishיֹ֣אבַד
(yo·vad)
6: to perisha prim. root
on which I was to be born,אִוָּ֣לֶד
(iv·va·led)
3205: to bear, bring forth, begeta prim. root
And the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָה
(ve·hal·lay·lah)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
[which] said,אָ֝מַ֗ר
(a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
A boyגָֽבֶר׃
(ga·ver.)
1397: manfrom gabar
is conceived.' 
 
2029: to conceive, become pregnanta prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Let the day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
perish
'abad  (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
wherein I was born
yalad  (yaw-lad')
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
and the night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
in which it was said
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
There is a man child
geber  (gheh'-ber)
a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply -- every one, man, mighty.
conceived
harah  (haw-raw')
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive -- been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.'

King James Bible
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
May the day I was born perish, and the night when they said, "A boy is conceived."

International Standard Version
"Let the day when I was born be annihilated, along with the night when it was announced, 'It's a boy!'

NET Bible
"Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Scratch out the day I was born and the night that said, 'A boy has been conceived!'

King James 2000 Bible
Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.
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