Job 3:5

"Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it."

Key Reflection

In Job 3:5, these verses reflect Job's intense despair, wishing that the day of his suffering would be engulfed in eternal darkness, where God does not intervene or bring any light of relief, symbolizing a complete absence of divine consolation during his trials. This wish contrasts sharply with his eventual acceptance and trust in God’s sovereignty.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Let darkness and the shadow of death -The Hebrew wordצלמותtsalmâvethis exceedingly musical and poetical. It is derived fromצלtsêl, “a shadow,” andמותmâveth, “death;” and is used to denote the deepest darkness; see the notes atIsaiah 9:2. It occurs frequently in the sacred Scriptures; compareJob 10:21-22;Psalms 23:4;Job 12:22;Job 16:16;Job 24:17;Job 34:22;Job 38:17;Amos 5:8;Jeremiah 2:6. It is used to denote the abode of departed spirits, described by Job as “a land of darkness, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death without any order, and where the light is as darkness;”Job 10:21-22.

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