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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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Albert Barnes
On Job 3:9
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 3:9
19th Century
Bishop
The dawning ... —Literally, the eyelids of the dawn.
John Gill
On Job 3:9
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Job 3:1–10
17th Century
Minister
For seven days Job's friends sat by him in silence, without offering consolation: at the same time Satan assaulted his mind to shake his confidence…