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Job 10:21

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10:21before I depart, never to return,54

to the land of darkness

and the deepest shadow,55

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Footnotes

  1. 54 The verbs are simple, “I go” and “I return”; but Job clearly means before he dies. A translation of “depart” comes closer to communicating this. The second verb may be given a potential imperfect translation to capture the point. The offered more of an interpretive paraphrase: “before I go to the place of no return.”

Cross references

  1. 55 See Job 3:5.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

before I go—and I shall not return—

to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

before I go to the place of no return,

to the land of gloom and utter darkness,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,

never to return.

NLTNew Living Translation

before I leave—never to return—

for the land of darkness and utter gloom.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Before I go—and I will not return—

to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

KJV 1900King James Version

Before I go whence I shall not return,

Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;