Job 3:5
Douay-Rheims
Let darkness, and the shadow of death cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.
Rashi
defile it Heb. יגאלהו, like (Malachi 1:7), “defiled (מגאל) bread”; “How have we defiled You (גאלנוך)?” an expression of contamination.
the shadow of death Heb. צלמות, the shadow of death, darkness that never lights up.
like demons of the day Heb. כמרירי, demons who rule at noon, like (Deut. 32: 34), “Ketev Meriri,” who rules at noon; as it is stated (Ps. 91:6): “from Ketev, who rules at noontime.”
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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1105 · Job 3:5
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