It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.’”

那地甚是幽暗，是死荫混沌之地；那里的光好像幽暗。”

那是乌黑之地，犹如幽暗的死荫，毫无秩序；发出的光辉也像幽暗。”

那是乌黑之地，犹如幽暗的死荫，毫无秩序；发出的光辉也像幽暗。”

那里一片漆黑，幽暗混乱；那里的光昏暗不明。’”

那地黑暗，如死荫的幽暗，毫无秩序，即使有光也像幽暗。”

那地甚是幽暗，是死蔭混沌之地；那裏的光好像幽暗。

那是烏黑之地，猶如幽暗的死蔭，毫無秩序；發出的光輝也像幽暗。」

那是烏黑之地，猶如幽暗的死蔭，毫無秩序；發出的光輝也像幽暗。」

那裡一片漆黑，幽暗混亂；那裡的光昏暗不明。』」

那地黑暗，如死蔭的幽暗，毫無秩序，即使有光也像幽暗。”

那是幽暗之地，就像墨漆，死蔭，毫無秩序，就是光照、也像墨漆。』

其地昏黑幽冥、陰翳混沌、其光乃暗、

其地昏黑幽暗、陰翳混沌、其光不光。

其地晦冥昏黑、死陰混沌、其光不光、其光不光原文作其光如昏黑

to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

It’s the land of darkest night and total darkness and disorder. There even the light is like darkness.’ ”

the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.”

It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.”

The land of utter gloom like darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And it shines like darkness.”

A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’”

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

It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness.”

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

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

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

Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

No darkness is thick enough to hide the wicked from his eyes.

Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom?

Give glory to the Lord your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.

And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’

Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death.

They did not ask,‘ Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’