Job 10:21
before I go where I shall not return from,to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
New Heart English Bible
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
20Aren't my days few?Cease then.Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
22the land dark as midnight,of the shadow of death,without any order,where the light is as midnight.'"
Cross References
2 Samuel 14:14For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
Job 3:13For now should I have lain down and been quiet.I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
Job 7:9As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
Job 16:22For when a few years are come,I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.
Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil, for you are with me.Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest pit,in the darkest depths.
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 →