Parallel Verses

NET Bible

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

New American Standard Bible

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
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:

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Before I go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

even to the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

References

Easton

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Job Continues His Response To Bildad

20 Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, 21 before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'"

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

Psalm 23:4

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

Job 16:22

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

2 Samuel 14:14

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

Job 3:13

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

Job 7:8-10

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Job 14:10-14

But man dies and is powerless; he expires -- and where is he?

Psalm 88:6

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

Psalm 88:11-12

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

Isaiah 38:11

"I thought, 'I will no longer see the Lord in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'

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