Job 3:10

"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,"

Key Reflection

In Job 3:10, the speaker curses the night itself, desiring that it should be utterly dark and starless, with no hope of dawn breaking through. This vivid imagery reflects a deep sense of despair and longing for release from his suffering, where even the slightest glimmer of light or the promise of morning would bring momentary relief—yet these are denied him, emphasizing the unrelenting nature of his pain and darkness.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Because it shut not up ... -That is, because the accursed day and night did not do it. Aben Ezra supposes that God is meant here, and that the complaint of Job is that he did not close his mother’s womb. But the more natural interpretation is to refer it to theΝυχθήμεροιNuchthēmeroi- the night and the day which he had been cursing, on which he was born. Throughout the description the day and the night are personified, and are spoken of as active in introducing him into the world. He here curses them because they did not wholly prevent his birth. Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes -By preventing my being born.

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