Job 10:21
Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:
Geneva Bible 1599
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
20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we must needes dye, and we are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered vp againe: neither doeth God spare any person, yet doeth he appoynt meanes, not to cast out from him, him that is expelled.
Job 3:13For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,
Job 7:9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.
Job 16:22For the yeeres accounted come, and I shall go the way, whence I shall not returne.
Psalms 23:4Yea, though I should walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.
Psalms 88:6Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
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 →