Job 10:21
Modern Translations
New International Version
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,

New Living Translation
before I leave—never to return— for the land of darkness and utter gloom.

English Standard Version
before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Berean Study Bible
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,

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

NASB 1995
Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

NASB 1977
Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow;

Amplified Bible
Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],

Christian Standard Bible
before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.

Contemporary English Version
before I travel to the land

Good News Translation
I am going soon and will never come back--going to a land that is dark and gloomy,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
before I go away to a land of darkness and gloom,

International Standard Version
before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow.

NET Bible
before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

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

King James 2000 Bible
Before I go where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

New Heart English 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 where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

American King James Version
Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

American Standard Version
Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

A Faithful Version
Before I go, and I do not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Darby Bible Translation
Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

English Revised Version
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Webster's Bible Translation
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Afore I go thyther from whence I shall not turne againe, euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
afore I go thyther, from whence I shal not turne agayne: Namely, to that londe of darcknesse & shadowe of death:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Before I go, and do not return, "" To a land of darkness and death-shade,

Young's Literal Translation
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

Smith's Literal Translation
Before I shall go and turn back to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:

Catholic Public Domain Version
before I depart and return no more to a land that is dark and covered with the fog of death,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Before I shall go and I shall not return again, to the land of darkness and of the shadows of death

Lamsa Bible
Before I go from whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;
















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