Before I go, and not return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Job 3:13 - The Scriptures 2009 For now I would have been lying in peace. I would have slept – then I would have been at rest, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death] American Standard Version (1901) For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest, Common English Bible For now I would be lying down quietly; I’d sleep; rest would be mine Catholic Public Domain Version For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For now I should have been asleep and still; and should have rest in my sleep: |
Before I go, and not return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
a land as dark as darkness itself, as the shadow of death, without any order, whose light is as darkness.”
You overpower him, forever, and he is gone – his face changes and You send him away.
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and as the Last shall rise over the dust;
whom I myself shall see on my side, and not a stranger. My kidneys have failed within me!
They spend their days in goodness, and in a moment go down to She’ol.
One dies in his perfect strength, completely at ease and satisfied;
Drought and heat snatch away snow waters – She’ol those who have sinned.
The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; he is remembered no more, and wickedness is broken like a tree;
There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of wickedness hide themselves.
And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my crookedness? For now I lie down in the dust, and You shall seek me, but I am not.”
All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in She’ol where you are going.
“And they shall not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to She’ol with their battle gear, and whose swords were laid under their heads. But their crookednesses are on their bones, because of the fear of the mighty in the land of the living.