Job 3:7

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.”

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BSBPD

“Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lo! that night--let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 3:7 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 13:20She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  2. Isaiah 24:8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
  3. Jeremiah 7:34I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”
  4. Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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