Job 3:5

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it."

Word-by-Word Analysis

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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and the

צֵל

tsêl

H6738

shade, whether literal or figurative

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of

מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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גָּאַל

gâʼal

H1350

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

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it

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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a

עָנָן

ʻânân

H6051

a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud

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יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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upon it

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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the

כִּמְרִיר

kimrîyr

H3650

obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)

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of the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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חָתַת

châthath

H2865

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

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it

Key Terms in This Verse

stain H1350

גָּאַל gâʼal

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

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terrify H2865

חָתַת châthath

properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear

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blackness H3650

כִּמְרִיר kimrîyr

obscuration (as if from shrinkage of light, i.e. an eclipse (only in plural)

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shadow H6738

צֵל tsêl

shade, whether literal or figurative

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cloud H6051

עָנָן ʻânân

a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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dwell H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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death H4194

מָוֶת mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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Let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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Cross References

Job 28:3 cross-reference

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Jeremiah 2:6 cross-reference

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado...

Psalm 23:4 cross-reference

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psalm 107:14 cross-reference

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Jeremiah 4:28 cross-reference

For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

Isaiah 9:2 cross-reference

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Ezekiel 34:12 cross-reference

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the...

Deuteronomy 4:11 cross-reference

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16 cross-reference

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...

Psalm 107:10 cross-reference

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Job 38:17 cross-reference

Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 24:17 cross-reference

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Luke 1:79 cross-reference

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Job 16:16 cross-reference

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Matthew 4:16 cross-reference

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

Amos 8:10 cross-reference

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an onl...

Amos 5:8 cross-reference

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...

Joel 2:2 cross-reference

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a...

Hebrews 12:18 cross-reference

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Psalm 44:19 cross-reference

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Ezekiel 30:3 cross-reference

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

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