King James Version

Job 10:22

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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אֶ֤רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, 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.עֵיפָ֨תָהeyfatahdarknessעֵיפָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute, paragogic he — “darkness”, the ordinary formH5890obscurity (as if from covering)darkness.כְּמ֥וֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.אֹ֗פֶלofeldarknessאֹפֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “darkness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH652duskdarkness, obscurity, privily.צַ֭לְמָוֶתtsalmavetshadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “shadow of death”, the ordinary formH6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)shadow of death.וְלֹ֥אveloand 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…סְדָרִ֗יםsedarimorderסֶדֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “order”, the ordinary formH5468orderorder.וַתֹּ֥פַעvatofaand shineיָפַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and shine”, the next action in the storyH3313to shinebe light, shew self, (cause to) shine (forth).כְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.אֹֽפֶלofeldarknessאֹפֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “darkness”, the ordinary formH652duskdarkness, obscurity, privily.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”

Darby Translation

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

Douay-Rheims

A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither can any one see the life of mortals.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εἰς γῆν σκότους αἰωνίου, οὗ οὐκ ἔστι φέγγος, οὐδὲ ὁρᾷν ζωὴν βροτῶν.