Job 10:21
before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
In Context
20Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.
Job 3:13Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
Job 7:9I am as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again:
Job 16:22Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbour!
Psalms 23:4He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully + 23:4 Or, against. to his neighbour. 1
Psalms 88:6For who in the + 88:6 Gr. clouds. heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord amongst the sons of God? 1
Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh… Read the whole commentary →