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Job 3:9 — Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

look for light		Job 30:26; Jer 8:15; Jer 13:16
the dawning of the day		Heb. the eye-lids of the morning. Job 41:18

Correlating Passages

look for light

	Job 30:26	When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
	Jer 8:15	We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!
	Jer 13:16	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 darkness.

the dawning of the day

Job 41:18

By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 3:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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