Today’s Word
Turning a Blind Eye
May the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it wait for light but have none, and may it not see the [e]breaking dawn; because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb, or hide trouble from my eyes. Job 3:9-10 NASB Hide trouble – “History is a nightmare.” So said Abraham Heschel, and although we…
Brook Ends
May the stars of its twilight be darkened; may it wait for light but have none, and may it not see the [e]breaking dawn; because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb, or hide trouble from my eyes. Job 3:9-10 NASB Breaking dawn – What biblical story comes to mind when you read בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר. Oh,…
Crocodylus niloticus
May those curse it who curse the day, who are [d]prepared to disturb Leviathan. Job 3:8 NASB Leviathan – “ . . . liwyātān appears six times in the ot.”[1] Yahweh overawed Job by confronting him with his invincible creature liwyātān (Job 41 [H 40:25ff.]). Clearly the Nile crocodile, with scaly hide (vv. 7, 15–17 [H 40:31;…
Change of Terms
As for that night, may darkness seize it; may it not rejoice among the days of the year; may it not come into the number of the months. Job 3:6 NASB Darkness – Before we continue, we need to note something unusual. Job’s curse over the day of his birth keeps going. Apparently it isn’t enough to…
The Poet’s Proclamation
May darkness and black gloom claim it; may a cloud settle on it; may the blackness of the day terrify it. Job 3:5 NASB Black gloom – ṣalmāwet. An unusual Hebrew word. A terrifying word. Not just deep shadow but rather “the shadow of death.” צַלְמָוֶת (ṣalmāwet). Deep darkness. (ASV prefers “the shadow of death” and…
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