Job 10:22 BSB — MannaFest

Job 10:22

to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

BSB

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ASV

The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

KJV

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Where the light is as darkness - A palpable obscure: it is space and place, and has only such light or capability of distinction as renders “darkness visible.” The following words of Sophocles convey the same idea: Ιω σκοτος εμοι φαος; “Thou darkness be my light.” It is, as the Vulgate expresses it, Terra tenebrosa, et operta mortis caligine: Terra miseriae et tenebrarum, ubi umbra mortis, et nullus ordo, sed sempiternus horror inhabitat: “A murky land, covered with the thick darkness of death: a land of wretchedness and obscurities, where is the shadow of death, and no order, but sempiternal horror dwells everywhere.” Or, as Coverdale expresses this last clause, Wheras is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darknesse.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Secondly, That there is no light there. In the grave there is thick darkness, darkness that cannot be felt indeed, yet cannot but be feared by those that enjoy the light of life. In the grave there is no knowledge, no comfort, no joy, no praising God, no working out our salvation, and therefore no light.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Three Hebrew words are used for darkness; in Job 10:21 (1) the common word "darkness"; here (2) "a land of gloom" (from a Hebrew root, "to cover up"); (3) as "thick darkness" or blackness (from a root, expressing sunset). "Where the light thereof is like blackness." Its only sunshine is thick darkness.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֶ֤רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
עֵיפָ֨תָה׀	'ei.Fa.tah	darkness	H5890 →
כְּמ֥וֹ	ke.Mo	like	H3644 →
אֹ֗פֶל	'O.fel	gloom of	H652 →
צַ֭לְמָוֶת	Tzal.ma.vet	deep darkness	H6757 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
סְדָרִ֗ים	se.da.Rim	order<s>	H5468 →
וַתֹּ֥פַע	va.To.fa'	and it shone forth	H3313 →
כְּמוֹ־	ke.mov-	like	H3644 →
אֹֽפֶל׃ פ	'O.fel	gloom	H652 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 34:22
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
leads to
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Amos 9:2–3
  Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.
- Proverbs 10:29
  The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
Through
Psalms 88:12
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
Through
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:10
  He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
Through
Job 38:17
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
leads to
- Psalms 9:13
  Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalms 107:18
  They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
Through
Luke 16:26
And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’
leads to
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job