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Let that day be darkness; Don`t let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
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A Wish for Un-Creation
Commentators explain that Job's curse goes beyond simple frustration. By wishing for his birthday to be 'darkness' and for God not to 'seek' or 'regard' it, he is essentially asking for that day to be erased from existence, a reversal of God's creative act. This highlights the profound depth of his despair, wanting the day blotted from God's memory and care.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let that day be darkness – Let it not be day; or, oh, that it had not been day, that the sun had not risen, and that it had been night.
19th Century
Anglican
Regard. —Literally, require, ask for, and so manifest care about. (Compare Deuteronomy 11:12.)
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let that day be darkness Not only dark, but darkness itself, extremely dark; and which is to be understood not figur…
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13th Century
Catholic
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