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Job Chapter 3 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Job 3:5

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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BBE Job 3:5

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.
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DARBY Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.
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KJV 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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WBT Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shades of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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WEB Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
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YLT Job 3:5

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Let darkness and the shadow of death. "The shadow of death" (צלמות) is a favourite expression in the Book of Job, where it occurs no fewer than nine times. Elsewhere it is rare, except in the Psalms, where it occurs four times. It is thought to be an archaic word. Stain it; rather, claim it, or claim it for their own (Revised Version). Let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. The hot, stifling "blackness" of the khamsin wind is probably meant, which suddenly turns the day into night, spreading all around a thick lurid darkness. When such a wind arises, we are told, "The sky instantly becomes black and heavy; the sun loses its splendour, and appears of a dim violet hue; a light, warm breeze is felt, which gradually increases in heat till it almost equals that of an oven. Though no vapour darkens the air, it becomes so grey and thick with the floating clouds of impalpable sand, that it is sometimes necessary to use candles at noonday" (Russell, 'Ancient and Modern Egypt,' p. 55).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Stain.--Literally, redeem--i.e., claim as their rightful inheritance. The other meaning enters into this word, as in Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 1:7.Blackness of the day--i.e., preternatural darkness, inopportune and unexpected darkness, like that of eclipses, &c.