Job 10:21 | NET2full | STEP | before I depart , never to return , to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow ,

‏ Job 10:21

21 before I depart, never to return, ^{▼▼sn The verbs are simple, “I go” and “I return,” but Job clearly means before he dies. A translation of “depart” comes closer to communicating this. The second verb may be given a potential imperfect translation to capture the point. The NIV offered more of an interpretive paraphrase: “before I go to the place of no return.”}
to the land of darkness
and the deepest shadow, ^{▼▼tn See Job 3:5.}