John Trapp on Job 3:6
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Job3:6
Verſe 6. As for that night, let darkneſſe ſeize upon it] Having ſpent his ſpleene upon the day, he now vents himſelf upon the night, according to that diviſion verſe 3. As for that night of mine unhappy conception or birth, let tenebroſus turbo (as the Vulgar here hath it)Caligo perpetua & inufitata. Mercer. a dark tempeſt, or a tempeſtuous darkneſſe graſp it, or invade it: let it be as dark as pitch, by a darkneſſe ſuperadded to its naturall darkneſſe.
Let it not be joyned unto the dayes of the yeare] Let nature quite diſclaime it, and disjoint it from the day following; let it not be reckoned as any part of time, that meaſure of all our motions. Some render it, Ne gaudeat inter dies, Let it not rejoyce it ſelf among the dayes of the year, as one of them. The night hath glory by union with the day: this he wiſheth taken from it. Diſunion and diviſion is a curſe: and the number of two hath been accounted accurſed, becauſe it was the firſt that departed from unity.
And let it not come into the number of months]Drus. Deleatur è calendario, let it be razed out of the Calendar, and not have any place in the computation of time. The Hebrewes call the Moon and a Month by the ſame Name; becauſe the Moone is renewed every month.Sic [non-Latin text not transcribed] menſis & [non-Latin text not transcribed] luna.
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