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Job 10:21

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 10:21

Verse 21 of 22

Scripture focus

Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 10:21

Theological / Devotional

Darkness. The idea of darkness is stressed in this and the following verse. Various Hebrew terms are employed. In v. 21 the common word for darkness is used. It is immediately followed by the word translated “shadow of death,” which is poetic for the world of the dead.

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