Job 3:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

In context

2 And this is what he said:

3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

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

5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

6 If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
KJV King James Version: Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
WEB World English Bible: Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
ASV American Standard Version: Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: That day — let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
DBY Darby Translation: That day — let it be darkness, let not God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:
WBS Webster Bible: Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.