Job 3:4 meaning and explanation

If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

Job 3:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Job has just lost his children, wealth and health, and here he speaks for the first time in the book, cursing the day he was born rather than God himself. In verse 4 he wishes that day had never been lit by God, asking that God above not seek it out or shine on it.

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