Job 10:22

In 11 translations

BSB

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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.

JPS

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.

LXXE

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

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WLC

אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃

LXX-Br

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

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• Psalms 88:12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
• Luke 16:26And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
• Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
• Psalms 23:4Even 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.
• Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
• Job 38:17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no…
• Job 3:5May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

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