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What does Job 3:6 mean?

"As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months."

— Job 3:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

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Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

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Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

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As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

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Behold, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come therein.

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Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

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Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

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