Job 3:5 Meaning
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Context Explained
3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Key Themes
darknessdeathdespair
Related Cross References
Matthew 27:45
Both passages reference darkness in times of deep suffering.
Source: Job 3:5