Job 10:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Beforeבְּטֶ֣רֶם
(be·te·rem)
2962: not yet, ere, before thata prim. adverb
I go--אֵ֭לֵךְ
(e·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
and I shall not return--אָשׁ֑וּב
(a·shuv;)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
To the landאֶ֖רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
of darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְ
(cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
and deep shadow,וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
(ve·tzal·ma·vet.)
6757: death-like shadow, deep shadowfrom tsel and maveth


















KJV Lexicon
Before I go
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
whence I shall not return
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
even to the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
and the shadow of death
tsalmaveth  (tsal-maw'-veth)
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity) -- shadow of death.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

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

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

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,

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

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