Job 10:21

NETBible

before I depart, never to return, 1  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 2 

NIV ©

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,

NASB ©

Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

NLT ©

before I leave for the land of darkness and utter gloom, never to return.

MSG ©

Before I die and am buried, before I'm nailed into my coffin, sealed in the ground,

BBE ©

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

NRSV ©

before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

NKJV ©

Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

KJV
Before I go
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[whence] I shall not return
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[even] to the land
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of darkness
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and the shadow of death
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NASB ©
Before
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I go
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--and I shall not return
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-- To the land
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of darkness
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and deep
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shadow
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,
LXXM
pro
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PREP
tou
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T-GSN
me
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P-AS
poreuyhnai
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V-APN
oyen
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ADV
ouk
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ADV
anastreqw
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V-FAI-1S
eiv
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PREP
ghn
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N-ASF
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A-ASF
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
before
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I depart
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, never
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to return
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, to
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the land
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of darkness
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and the deepest shadow
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,
HEBREW
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Ksx
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Ura
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la
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bwsa
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alw
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Kla
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Mrjb (10:21)
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NETBible

before I depart, never to return, 1  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 2 

NET Notes

1 sn 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 NIV offered more of an interpretive paraphrase: “before I go to the place of no return.”

2 tn See Job 3:5.