Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death: I go whence Job 7:8-10 Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more. . . . Job 14:10-14 But man when he shall be dead, and stripped and consumed, I pray you where is he? . . . 2 Samuel 12:23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me. 2 Samuel 14:14 We all die, and like waters that return no more, we fall down into the earth: neither will God have a soul to perish, but recalleth, meaning that he that is cast off should not altogether perish. Isaiah 38:11 I said: I shall not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more, nor the inhabitant of rest. the land Job 3:5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. Psalm 88:6,11,12 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. . . . the shadow. Job 3:5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness. Psalm 23:4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. Jeremiah 2:6 And they have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt? Context Job's Plea to God…20Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little: 21Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:22A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.… Cross References 2 Samuel 12:23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Shall I be able to bring him back any more? I shall go to him rather: but he shall not return to me. Job 3:13 For now I should have been asleep and still, and should have rest in my sleep: Job 10:22 A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth. Job 16:22 For behold short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return. Job 34:22 There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity. Job 38:17 Have the gates of death been opened to thee, and hast thou seen the darksome doors? Psalm 23:4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. Psalm 39:13 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. Psalm 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness? Lexicon beforeבְּטֶ֣רֶם (bə·ṭe·rem) Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before I go— אֵ֭לֵךְ (’ê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk never וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no to return— אָשׁ֑וּב (’ā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to a land אֶ֖רֶץ (’e·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land of darkness חֹ֣שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness and gloom, וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ (wə·ṣal·mā·weṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6757: Death-like shadow, deep shadow Additional Translations before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess; Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness, and the shades of death; before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade, Jump to Previous Black Dark Darkness Death Death-Shade Deep Gloom Shades Shadow WhenceJump to Next Black Dark Darkness Death Death-Shade Deep Gloom Shades Shadow WhenceExternal Links Job 10:21 NIVJob 10:21 NLT Job 10:21 ESV Job 10:21 NASB Job 10:21 ASV Job 10:21 Bible Apps Job 10:21 Biblia Paralela Job 10:21 Chinese Bible Job 10:21 French Bible Job 10:21 German Bible Alphabetical: and before darkness deep gloom go go-and I land no not of place return return-To shadow shall the to OT Poetry: Job 10:21 Before I go where I shall not (Jb) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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