Job 10:21 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 10:21

19 I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 ^aAre not my days few?
Cease! ^bLeave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
^aTo the land of darkness ^band the shadow of death,

22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Job 10:21

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

Amplified® Bible
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

Contemporary English Version
before I travel to the land

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

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

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

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

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

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,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Before I go-- and I shall not return--To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Revised Standard Version
before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

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

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