Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Holman Bible
never to return.
International Standard Version
before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow.
A Conservative Version
before I go where I shall not return, 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;
Amplified
Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],
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,
Darby Translation
Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Julia Smith Translation
Before I shall go and turn back to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
King James 2000
Before I go where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,
Modern King James verseion
before I go, and I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death:
NET Bible
before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
New Heart English Bible
before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
The Emphasized Bible
Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:
Webster
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death;
World English Bible
before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Youngs Literal Translation
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Themes
Darkness » Illustrative of » The grave
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 10:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues His Response To Bildad
20
Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
21
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
Job 3:5
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Psalm 23:4
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
Job 16:22
For when a few years have come I shall go the way from which I shall not return.
2 Samuel 14:14
We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
Job 3:13
For then I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
Job 7:8-10
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
Job 14:10-14
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
Psalm 88:6
You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Psalm 88:11-12
Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Isaiah 38:11
I said, I shall not see the LORD, the LORDin the land of the living; I shall look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not say, 'Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?'