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thick darkness
AT: "deep darkness" or "complete darkness"
let it not rejoice
The word "it" refers to the night of Job's birth or conception. The human ability to rejoice or not rejoice is applied to that night. AT: "May that night vanish from the calendar." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification).
let it not come into the number
AT: "may no one count it in the number"
let that night be barren
AT: "may that night be childless" or "I wish that night had never seen my birth"
let no joyful voice come into it
AT: "let no one hear the happy cry at the birth of a son"