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Job 10:21 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 10:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 10 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”
Job 10:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 10:21
Job contemplates approaching death: 'Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.' The phrase 'whence I shall not return' (lo ashuv, לֹא אָשׁוּב) emphasizes death's irreversibility. 'Land of darkness' (erets choshek, אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ) and 'shadow of death' (tsalmaveth, צַלְמָוֶת) describe Sheol, the grave's dark realm. Job envisions imminent departure to the realm of death from which none return to earthly life.Job's description reflects Old Testament's limited understanding of afterlife. Sheol was conceived as shadowy, joyless existence—not hell's ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 10:21
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“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.”
“why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him”
“I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.”
“but I shall not be.”
“I will fear no evil”
“and is laid low. Yes”
“and are as water split on the ground”
“then I would have been at rest”
“Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?”
“in the darkest depths.”