King James Version

Job 10:21

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

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בְּטֶ֣רֶםbeteremin beforeטֶרֶםpreposition, adverb — “in before”H2962properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or beforebefore, ere, not yet.אֵ֭לֵךְelekhecarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to 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,…וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אָשׁ֑וּבashuvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to 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,…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.חֹ֣שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וְצַלְמָֽוֶתvetsalmavetand shadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and shadow of death”, the ordinary formH6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)shadow of death.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Darby Translation

Before I go, and never to return, — to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Douay-Rheims

Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πρὸ τοῦ με πορευθῆναι ὅθεν οὐκ ἀναστρέψω, εἰς γῆν σκοτεινὴν καὶ γνοφερὰν,