Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 3:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 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.
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Role in This Section
Job states “As for that night, let darkness seize upon it” as one poetic claim in Job Curses the Day of His Birth.
Read It With
- Job 3:1–3:10
Read Job 3:6 inside Job 3:1–3:10. Job states “As for that night, let darkness seize upon it” as one poetic claim in Job Curses the Day of His Birth. The full unit establishes: Job breaks the silence by calling for his birth day and conception night to disappear into darkness, reversing creation imagery without cursing God.
Why It Needs Context
Job states “As for that night, let darkness seize upon it” as one poetic claim in Job Curses the Day of His Birth. Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Job 3:1–3:10; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 3:1–3:10 — Job Curses the Day of His BirthSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 3:1–3:10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 3:1–3:10
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗