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Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
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Eyelids of the Morning
Commentators highlight the verse's stunning poetic language. The phrase "eyelids of the morning" is a literal translation describing the first rays of dawn, like eyelashes fluttering open. Job uses this beautiful imagery to express a dark wish: that the night of his birth would be one of total, unbroken darkness, never seeing even the first "peep of day."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark — That is, be extinguished, so that it will be total darkness, a darkness not even relieved …
19th Century
Anglican
The dawning ... —Literally, the eyelids of the dawn.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark Either of the morning or evening twilight; both may be meant, rather t…
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13th Century
Catholic
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