Job 10:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 12:23 : 23 and now, he hath died, why `is' this -- I fast? am I able to bring him back again? I am going unto him, and he doth not turn back unto me.'
  • Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.
  • Job 16:22 : 22 When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou `art' with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes `are' upon me -- and I am not. 9 Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. 10 He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
  • Job 14:10-14 : 10 And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he? 11 Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry. 12 And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep. 13 O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me. 14 If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.
  • Ps 88:6 : 6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
  • Ps 88:11-12 : 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Isa 38:11 : 11 I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 And have not said, Where `is' Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'
  • Job 3:13 : 13 For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,
  • 2 Sam 14:14 : 14 for we do surely die, and `are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not outcast by Him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 10:22
    87%

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Job 10:18-20
    3 verses
    83%

    18And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

    19As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

    20Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

  • Job 16:22
    80%

    22When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.

  • Job 17:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

    12Night for day they appoint, Light `is' near because of darkness.

    13If I wait -- Sheol `is' my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

  • Job 23:17
    76%

    17For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

  • Job 7:8-11
    4 verses
    76%

    8The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes `are' upon me -- and I am not.

    9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

    11Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 38:19
    75%

    19Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

  • Isa 38:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10`I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

    11I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.

  • Job 3:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

    6That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

  • Lam 3:6
    74%

    6In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

  • Job 23:8
    73%

    8Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

  • Job 14:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13O that in Sheol Thou wouldst conceal me, Hide me till the turning of Thine anger, Set for me a limit, and remember me.

    14If a man dieth -- doth he revive? All days of my warfare I wait, till my change come.

  • Ps 139:11
    73%

    11And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.

  • Job 30:23
    73%

    23For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And `to' the house appointed for all living.

  • Job 12:22
    73%

    22Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

  • Job 19:8
    73%

    8My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

  • Job 24:17
    72%

    17When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

  • Job 28:3
    72%

    3An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

  • Job 17:1
    72%

    1My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves `are' for me.

  • Job 7:21
    72%

    21Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

  • Job 15:22
    72%

    22He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched `is' he for the sword.

  • Ps 143:3
    72%

    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

  • Jer 13:16
    72%

    16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

  • Job 29:3
    72%

    3In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk `through' darkness.

  • Ps 39:13
    72%

    13Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

  • Job 18:6
    72%

    6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

  • Job 3:21
    71%

    21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

  • Job 34:22
    71%

    22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

  • Job 22:11
    71%

    11Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.

  • Job 33:30
    71%

    30To bring back his soul from the pit, To be enlightened with the light of the living.

  • Job 3:9
    71%

    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

  • Job 17:15
    71%

    15And where `is' now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

  • Job 6:10
    71%

    10And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

  • Job 38:17
    71%

    17Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

  • Ps 49:19
    71%

    19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

  • Job 18:18
    71%

    18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

  • Job 13:21
    71%

    21Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

  • Job 10:1
    70%

    1My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.