22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Job 10:22:1 ⧉אֶ֤רֶץeretsa land Job 10:22:2 ⧉עֵיפָ֨תָהefataof gloom Job 10:22:3 ⧉כְּמ֥וֹkemolike Job 10:22:4 ⧉אֹ֗פֶלofelthick darkness Job 10:22:5 ⧉צַ֭לְמָוֶתtsalmavetdeep shadow Job 10:22:6 ⧉וְלֹ֥אveloand not Job 10:22:7 ⧉סְדָרִ֗יםsedarimorderings Job 10:22:8 ⧉וַתֹּ֥פַעvatofaand it shines Job 10:22:9 ⧉כְמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃פkhemoofellike thick darkness |
22. Formal Translation A land of deepest gloom {eifatah: heavy, suffocating darkness}, like darkness, a shadow of death, without order, and where it shines, it is like darkness. |
22. Dynamic Translation It is a land of deep gloom, like the shadow of death, a place where nothing is ordered, and even when it seems to shine, it is as dark as night. |