diff --git a/18-JOB.usfm b/18-JOB.usfm
index a2d51c57..05cc0a4e 100644
--- a/18-JOB.usfm
+++ b/18-JOB.usfm
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 22 He reveals the deep things of darkness
-\q and brings thick darkness into the light.
+\q and brings utter darkness into the light.
 \q
 \v 23 He makes nations strong, and he also destroys them;
 \q He enlarges nations, and he also leads them along as prisoners.
@@ -1466,8 +1466,8 @@
 \v 15 I have sewn sackcloth on my skin;
 \q I have thrust my horn into the ground.
 \q
-\v 16 My face is red with weeping,
-\q on my eyelids is thick darkness;
+\v 16 My face is red with weeping;
+\q on my eyelids is utter darkness,
 \q
 \v 17 although there is no violence in my hands,
 \q and my prayer is pure.
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@
 \s5
 \q
 \v 3 A man sets an end to darkness
-\q and searches out to the farthest limit,
+\q and searches out to the farthest limit
 \q the stones in the blackest darkness.
 \q
 \v 4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live,
diff --git a/19-PSA.usfm b/19-PSA.usfm
index 0edf890e..c4764d12 100644
--- a/19-PSA.usfm
+++ b/19-PSA.usfm
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@
 
 \s5
 \q
-\v 4 Even though I walk through a valley of the shadow of death,
+\v 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
 \q I will fear no harm, for you are with me;
 \q your rod and your staff comfort me.
 
diff --git a/24-JER.usfm b/24-JER.usfm
index e43c2341..b39b5eb3 100644
--- a/24-JER.usfm
+++ b/24-JER.usfm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 \q
 \v 6 They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt?
 \q Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits,
-\q in a land of drought and thick darkness,
+\q in a land of drought and utter darkness,
 \q a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?'
 
 \s5