Job 10:21 · KJV
“Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”
— Job 10:21
{Are} not my days few? cease {then, and} let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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 — Context
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20{Are} not my days few? cease {then, and} let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22A land of darkness, as darkness {itself; and} of the shadow of death, without any order, and {where} the light {is} as darkness.
Cross References
Job 16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {whence} I shall not return. {a few...: Heb. years of number}
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. {stain: or, challenge} {let the...: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day}
Job 7:8-10
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}
2 Samuel 14:14
For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}
Job 14:10-14
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}
Psalms 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou {art} with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,