unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/03/04.md

## let the day be darkness...neither let the sunlight shine on it ##

These two clauses describe the darkness of the day of Job's birth, thus repeating Job's regret that he had been born.  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## let that day be darkness ##

Darkness is a metonym for something that does not exist. AT: "let that day disappear." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## let not God ##

AT: "may God not"

## Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own ##

Here the human ability to claim something  is applied to darkness and the shadow of death.  The word "it" refers to the day of Job's birth.  (See:[[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

## let a cloud live on it ##

"let a cloud cover it." AT: "let a cloud cover it so no one can see it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## everything that makes the day black ##

This refers to things that block out the sun's light.