Job 3:7 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.
English ASV
Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.
English Amplified
Yes, let that night be solitary and barren; let no joyful voice come into it.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
Yes, let that night be solitary and barren; let no joyful voice come into it.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout be heard in it.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;
English EASY 2024
Do not let women become pregnant on that night. Nobody should be happy!
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
I wish that night had produced nothing and no happy shouts had been heard.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry enter it.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
make it a barren, joyless night.
English God's Word - GW 1995
Let that night be empty. Let no joyful singing be heard in it.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Yes, may that night be barren; may no joyful shout be heard in it.
English KJV 1611
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
English LSB
Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Yes, as for that night, let it be barren! Let no joyful cry come into it!
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
May that night be barren; let no joyful outcry greet it!
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
May no children ever have been born on that night. May no shout of joy be heard in it.
English NIV
May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it.
English NKJ 1982
Oh, may that night be barren! May no joyful shout come into it!
English NLT
Let that night be barren. Let it have no joy.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Yes, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
Yea, let that night be barren; let no joyful cry be heard in it.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Let that night be bleak and joyless.
English Tyndale 1537
Despised be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day,