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Job 3:4

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If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

"You have heard of the patience of Job," says the apostle, Jam 5:11. So we have, and of his impatience too. We wondered that a man should be so patient as he was (ch. 1 and Job 2:1-13), but we wonder also that a good man should be so impatient as he is in this chapter, where we find him cursing his day, and, in passion, I. Complaining that he was born (Job 3:1-10). II. Complaining that he did not die as soon as he was born (Job 3:11-19). III. Complaining that his life was now continued when he was in misery (Job 3:20-26). In this it must be owned that Job sinned with his lips, and it is written, not for our imitation, but our admonition, that he who things he stands may take heed lest he fall.

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to… חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek, H2822) — the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death,… אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh, H433) — a deity or the Deity דָּרַשׁ (dârash, H1875) — properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by… מַעַל (maʻal, H4605) — properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from… נְהָרָה (nᵉhârâh, H5105) — daylight יָפַע (yâphaʻ, H3313) — to shine

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Matthew 27:45rank 3

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Deuteronomy 11:12rank 3

It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

Acts 27:20rank 3

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.

Joel 2:2rank 3

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Amos 5:18rank 3

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Revelation of John 16:10rank 3

And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

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