Verse List for JOB 3:9

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) May the stars of its twilight be dark. ⇔ May it stay waiting for the light that never arrives. ⇔ May it not see the dawn breaking.

OET-LV the_stars _of Let _them _grow _dark its _twilight _of_his let _it _wait for_light and_there_was_not and_not let _it _look on_the_eyelids _of dawn.

ULT May the stars of its twilight be dark; ⇔  may it wait for light but, there be none, ⇔  and may it not see the eyelids of the dawn,

UST I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning of that day would never shine again. ⇔  I wish that it would never become light on that day. ⇔  I wish that not even the first rays of the rising sun would appear on that day.

BSB & MSB May its morning stars grow dark; ⇔  may it wait in vain for daylight; ⇔  may it not see the breaking of dawn.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB Let the stars of its twilight be dark. ⇔  Let it look for light, but have none, ⇔  neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

NET Let its morning stars be darkened; ⇔ let it wait for daylight but find none, ⇔ nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

LSV Let the stars of its twilight be dark,
Let it wait for light, and there is none,
And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

FBV Its early morning stars should stay dark. Looking for light, may none come, may it not see the glimmer of dawn

T4T I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day after I was conceived will not shine again. ⇔  I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; ⇔  and that they would not have shone on that day.

LEB • Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
• let it hope for light but[fn] there be none,
• and let it not see the eyelids of dawn

BBE Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.

Moff Dark be its stars of the dawn, ⇔  may it never see the eyelids of the morning!

JPS Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;

ASV Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: ⇔ Let it look for light, but have none; ⇔ Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

DRA Let the stars be darkened with the mist thereof: let it expect light and not see it, nor the rising of the dawning of the day:

YLT Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

Drby Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

RV Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

SLT The stars of its twilight shall he dark; it shall wait for light, and none; and it shall not look upon the eyelashes of the dawn.

Wbstr Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

KJB-1769 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:[fn]

KJB-1611 Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see[fn] the dawning of the day:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Let the starres of that night be dimme thorowe darkenesse of it, let it loke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:
(Let the stars of that night be dimme through darkness of it, let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:)

Gnva Let the starres of that twilight be dimme through darkenesse of it: let it looke for light, but haue none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,
(Let the stars of that twilight be dimme through darkness of it: let it look for light, but have none: neither let it see the dawning of the day,)

Cvdl Let the starres be dymme thorow darcknesse of it. Let it loke for light, but let it se none, nether the rysynge vp of the fayre mornynge:
(Let the stars be dim through darkness of it. Let it look for light, but let it see none, neither the risinge up of the fair morning:)

Wycl Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp.
(Sterris be made dark with the darkness thereof; abide it light, and see it not, neither the beginning of the morwetid rising up.)

Luth Ihre Sterne müssen finster sein in ihrer Dämmerung; sie hoffe aufs Licht und komme nicht und müsse nicht sehen die Augenbrauen der Morgenröte,
(Her star must dark be in of_their/her Dämmerung; they/she/them hope(v) onto light(n) and come not and must not see the eyebrows the/of_the dawn,)

ClVg Obtenebrentur stellæ caligine ejus; expectet lucem, et non videat, nec ortum surgentis auroræ.[fn]
(Obtenebrentur stars the_darkness his/her; expectet the_light, and not/no let_him_see, but_not sunrise they_will_riseis with_goldræ.)

UHB יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥⁠וֹ יְקַו־לְ⁠א֥וֹר וָ⁠אַ֑יִן וְ⁠אַל־יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה בְּ⁠עַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃ ‡

BrLXX Σκοτωθείη τὰ ἄστρα τῆς νυκτὸς ἐκείνης· ὑπομείναι, καὶ εἰς φωτισμὸν μὴ ἔλθοι, καὶ μὴ ἴδοι Ἑωσφόρον ἀνατέλλοντα.

BrTr Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain dark, and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise: