Verse 21
Job 10:21
English Revised Version
21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/טֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְ/לֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְ/צַלְמָֽוֶת
English Translation
Before I go and do not return to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness...
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2
I will say unto God (Elohim), Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hand...
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4
Hast thou eyes of flesh, or seest thou as man seeth?
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5
Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man’s days,
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6
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,
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7
Although thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand?
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8
Thine hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
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9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust agai...
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10
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
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11
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
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12
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
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13
Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart; I know that this is with thee:
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14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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15
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; being filled wi...
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16
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvelous upo...
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17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and warfar...
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18
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had...
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19
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
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20
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22
A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and...
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