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Job 10:22 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Job 10:22 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 10 verse 22 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”
Job 10:22 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 10:22
Job concludes with darkness imagery: 'A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.' The repetition intensifies: 'darkness... as darkness itself' (choshek kemo opel, חֹשֶׁךְ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל). 'Without any order' (lo sedarim, לֹא סְדָרִים) suggests chaos, formlessness. Even light there 'is as darkness' (yopia kemo-opel, יֹפִיעַ כְּמוֹ-אֹפֶל)—any illumination is swallowed by prevailing darkness.Job's description inverts creation: God created light from darkness, order from chaos (Genesis 1:2-5). Sheol represents de-creatio...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 10:22
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“Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?”
“before he cause darkness”
“nor thick gloom”
“and covered us with the shadow of death.”
“Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?”
“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.”
“between us and you there is a great gulf fixed”
“Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt”
“I will fear no evil”