Job 10:21

Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 days, few?—then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;

22A land of obscurity, like thick darkness, of death-shade and disorder, and which shineth like thick darkness.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14For, when we, die, we become as water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again,—therefore doth God not take away the life, but deviseth plans so as not to thrust out from him, a fugitive.

Job 3:13Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:

Job 7:9A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up:

Job 16:22When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.

Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

Psalms 88:6Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:

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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