21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
(A)To the land of darkness (B)and the shadow of death,

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21 before I go to the place of no return,(A)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(B)

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May darkness and (A)the shadow of death claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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May gloom and utter darkness(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.

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23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go (A)to him, but (B)he shall not return to me.”

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23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him,(A) but he will not return to me.”(B)

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of (A)the shadow of death,
(B)I will fear no evil;
(C)For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

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Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a](A)
I will fear no evil,(B)
    for you are with me;(C)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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  1. Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (A)go the way of no return.

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22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(A)

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10 But man dies and [a]is laid away;
Indeed he [b]breathes his last
And where is (A)he?
11 As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
12 So man lies down and does not rise.
(B)Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.

13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service (C)I will wait,
Till my change comes.

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  1. Job 14:10 lies prostrate
  2. Job 14:10 expires

10 But a man dies and is laid low;(A)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(B)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(C)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(D)
    till the heavens are no more,(E) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.(F)

13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(G)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!(H)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember(I) me!(J)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service(K)
    I will wait for my renewal[a](L) to come.

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  1. Job 14:14 Or release

(A)The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
So (B)he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
10 He shall never return to his house,
(C)Nor shall his place know him anymore.

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The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.(A)
As a cloud vanishes(B) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave(C) does not return.(D)
10 He will never come to his house again;
    his place(E) will know him no more.(F)

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Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,
Who (A)brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through (B)the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no one dwelt?’

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They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’

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11 I said,
“I shall not see [a]Yah,
The Lord (A)in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more [b]among the inhabitants of [c]the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:11 Heb. Yah, Yah
  2. Isaiah 38:11 LXX omits among the inhabitants of the world
  3. Isaiah 38:11 So with some Heb. mss.; MT, Vg. rest; Tg. land

11 I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself(A)
    in the land of the living;(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness(A) in Destruction[a]?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

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  1. Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.

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You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(A)

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13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest

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13 For now I would be lying down(A) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest(B)

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14 For we (A)will surely die and become like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not (B)take away a life; but He (C)devises means, so that His banished ones are not [a]expelled from Him.

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:14 cast out

14 Like water(A) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(B) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(C) does not remain banished from him.

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