King James Version

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyigaluhvavengerגָּאַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “avenger”, an unfinished actionH1350to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.חֹ֣שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וְ֭צַלְמָוֶתvetsalmavetand shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and shadow of death”, the ordinary formH6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)shadow of death.תִּשְׁכָּןtishkanabideשָׁכַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide”, an unfinished actionH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).עָלָ֣יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֲנָנָ֑הananahcloudעֲנָנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cloud”, the ordinary formH6053cloudinesscloud.יְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּyevaatuhvaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “affright”, an unfinished actionH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.כִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkimrireblacknessכִּמְרִירnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “blackness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3650obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)blackness.יֽוֹםyomas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

World English Bible

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes the day black terrify it.

Darby Translation

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

Douay-Rheims

Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκλάβοι δὲ αὐτὴν σκότος καὶ σκιὰ θανάτου, ἐπέλθοι ἐπʼ αὐτὴν γνόφος·