Job 3:5
Oh that darkness and the shadow of death might defile it; may a cloud rest upon it; may the blackness of the day terrify it.
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Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mount; and the mount was burning with fire unto the midst of the heaven, [from amidst] darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Job 10:22A land of utter gloom, as of the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the light of which is like utter gloom.
Job 24:17For to all of these alike is the morning as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves.
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff—they indeed comfort me.
Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and [fetters of] iron;—
Matthew Henry on Job 3:2-11
Job Curses His Day. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. 2 And Job spake, and said, 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto… Read the whole commentary →