Job 10:21
“Before I goe whence I shall not returne, euen to the land of darknes and the shadow of death,”
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Job 10:21 Context
19I should haue bene as though I had not bene, I should haue bene caried from the wombe to the graue. 20Are not my dayes few? cease then, and let me alone that I may take comfort a litle, 21Before I goe whence I shall not returne, euen to the land of darknes and the shadow of death, 22A land of darknes, as darknes it selfe, and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkenes.
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Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- King James Version
Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Before I go whence I shall not return, `Even' to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,
- Basic English Bible
Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Darby Bible
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death;
- Webster's Bible
before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
- World English Bible
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible