Job 10:21

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Complete Jewish Bible:

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and death-dark gloom,

Berean Standard Bible:

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

American Standard Version:

Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Before I go{H3212} whence I shall not return{H7725}, even to the land{H776} of darkness{H2822} and the shadow of death{H6757};

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 3:5

  • Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

2 Samuel 12:23

  • But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Job 16:22

  • When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

Psalms 23:4

  • Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

2 Samuel 14:14

  • For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

Job 7:8

  • The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.

Job 7:10

  • He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

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Commentary for Job 10:21

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3212
    There are 938 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָלַךְ
    Transliteration: yâlak
    Pronunciation: yaw-lak'
    Description: a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
  2. Strong's Number: H7725
    There are 952 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוּב
    Transliteration: shûwb
    Pronunciation: shoob
    Description: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
  3. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  4. Strong's Number: H2822
    There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹשֶׁךְ
    Transliteration: chôshek
    Pronunciation: kho-shek'
    Description: from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  5. Strong's Number: H6757
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צַלְמָוֶת
    Transliteration: tsalmâveth
    Pronunciation: tsal-maw'-veth
    Description: from צֵל and מָוֶת; shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity); shadow of death.