Job 10:21

19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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

22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
KJV
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
WEB
before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
ASV
Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
DARBY
Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
BLB
before I go—and I shall not return—to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
ÅB
før jeg går bort for ikke å vende tilbake, bort til mørkets og dødsskyggens land,
OTB
Før jeg går—og jeg skal ikke vende tilbake—
Til mørkets og dyp skygge,
B1930
før jeg går bort for ikke å vende tilbake, bort til mørkets og dødsskyggens land,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 3:5

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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  • Job 16:22

    When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:23

    But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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  • Job 7:8–10

    The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

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  • 2 Samuel 14:14

    For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

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  • Psalms 23:4

    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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  • Job 14:10–14

    But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

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  • Psalms 88:11–12

    Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

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