before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
Job 10:22 - Revised Standard Version the land of gloom and chaos, where light is as darkness.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The land of sunless gloom as intense darkness, [the land] of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as thick darkness. American Standard Version (1901) The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight. Common English Bible a land whose light is like gloom, utter darkness and confusion, such that light shines like gloom. Catholic Public Domain Version a land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and nothing else but everlasting horror, dwells. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth. |
before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
Let gloom and deep darkness claim it. Let clouds dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
But I, O Lord, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
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?’
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’