Job 10:22

Into a land, I say, darke as darknes it selfe, and into the shadow of death, where is none order, but the light is there as darkenesse.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Before I goe and shall not returne, euen to the land of darkenesse and shadow of death:

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Cross References

Job 17:13Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shall make my bed in the darke.

Job 38:17Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death?

Psalms 44:19Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

Psalms 88:13But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

Jeremiah 2:6For they saide not, Where is the Lord that brought vs vp out of the lande of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a desert, and waste land, through a drie land, and by the shadow of death, by a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

Luke 16:26Besides all this, betweene you and vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from hence to you, can not: neither can they come from thence to vs.

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 →

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