before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
Job 10:22 - Tree of Life Version the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness and disorder, where even the light is like 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 depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
For now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep and at rest
May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
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 comfort me.
Will Your love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of ruin?
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness? Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’
Besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is firmly set, so that those who want to cross over to you cannot, nor can those from there cross over to us.