Job 3:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"[As for] that night,הַלַּ֥יְלָה
(hal·lay·lah)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
let darknessאֹ֥פֶל
(o·fel)
652: darkness, gloomfrom an unused word
seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ
(yik·ka·che·hu)
3947: to takea prim. root
it; Let it not rejoiceיִ֭חַדְּ
(yi·chad·de)
2302b: to rejoicea prim. root
among the daysבִּימֵ֣י
(bi·mei)
3117: daya prim. root
of the year;שָׁנָ֑ה
(sha·nah;)
8141: a yearfrom shana
Let it not comeיָבֹֽא׃
(ya·vo.)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
into the numberבְּמִסְפַּ֥ר
(be·mis·par)
4557: number, tallyfrom the same as sepher
of the months.יְ֝רָחִ֗ים
(ye·ra·chim)
3391: monthfrom the same as yareach


















KJV Lexicon
As for that night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
let darkness
'ophel  (o'fel)
dusk -- darkness, obscurity, privily.
seize
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
upon it let it not be joined
chadah  (khaw-daw')
to rejoice -- make glad, be joined, rejoice.
unto the days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of the year
shaneh  (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
let it not come
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into the number
micpar  (mis-pawr')
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
of the months
yerach  (yeh'-rakh)
a lunation, i.e. month -- month, moon.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.

King James Bible
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year or be listed in the calendar.

International Standard Version
Let darkness carry that night away; let it not take its place joyfully among the days of the year; let it not be entered into the calendar.

NET Bible
That night--let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"That night- let the blackness take it away. Let it not be included in the days of the year or be numbered among the months.

King James 2000 Bible
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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