Job 3:4

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Cross-references

Joel 2:2 Related theme

In Joel 2:2, 'a day of darkness' describes the Day of the Lord, echoing Job's curse on his birth day but on a cosmic scale.

Amos 5:18 Related theme

In Amos 5:18, the Day of the Lord is darkness, not light, directly paralleling Job's wish that his birth day be darkness.

Amos 5:20 Parallel

In Amos 5:20, the Day of the Lord is darkness and gloom, reinforcing the same image as Job's curse on his birth day.

In Zephaniah 1:15, the Day of the Lord is described as darkness and gloom, echoing Job's desire for his birth day to be darkness.