Job 10:22
A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
KJV1611 – Modern English
A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The land{H776} dark{H5890} as midnight,{H652} [The land] of the shadow of death,{H6757} without any order,{H5468} And where the light{H3313} is as midnight.{H652}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
A land{H776} of darkness{H5890}, as darkness{H652} itself; and of the shadow of death{H6757}, without any order{H5468}, and where the light{H3313}{(H8686)} is as darkness{H652}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
yee into that darck clowdy londe & deadly shadowe, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight.'"
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'
American Standard Version (1901)
The land dark as midnight, `The land' of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
American Standard Version (1901)
The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.
World English Bible (2000)
the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'"
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Referenced Verses
- Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.
- Job 38:17 : 17 Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
- Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- Ps 44:19 : 19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from Your path.
- Ps 88:12 : 12 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
- Jer 2:6 : 6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
- Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.
- Luke 16:26 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.
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