Job 10:21 “before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,”

Job 10:21

before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

World English Bible

before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

American Standard Version

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Geneva Bible 1599

Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:

Darby Translation

Before I go, and never to return, — to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Young's Literal Translation

Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

Bible in Basic English

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

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Cross references

“I go whence”

2 Samuel 12:23 Job 7:8–10 Job 14:10–14 2 Samuel 14:14 Isaiah 38:11

2 Samuel 12:23 · BSB

But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Job 7:8–10 · BSB

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

Job 14:10–14 · BSB

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

2 Samuel 14:14 · BSB

For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

Isaiah 38:11 · BSB

I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

“the land”

Job 3:5 Psalm 88:6 Psalm 88:11 Psalm 88:12

Job 3:5 · BSB

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

Psalm 88:6 · BSB

You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.

Psalm 88:11 · BSB

Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?

Psalm 88:12 · BSB

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

“the shadow”

Psalm 23:4 Jeremiah 2:6

Psalm 23:4 · BSB

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Jeremiah 2:6 · BSB

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one…

Also

Job 16:22 Job 3:13

Job 16:22 · BSB

For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.

Job 3:13 · BSB

For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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