Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
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Gill's Exposition
A land of darkness, as darkness itself,.... Not merely like it, but truly so; as gross thick darkness, like that of Egypt, that might be felt; even blackness of darkness, which is as dark as it…
Barnes' Notes
Before I go - from where “I shall not return.” To the grave, to the land of shades, to “That undiscovered country, from whose bourne No traveler returns.” To the land of darkness - This passage is…
Here we have,
I. Job's passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the…
He begs for a little easing of his pain ere he departs to the land of darkness.
are not my days few The same argument as ch. Job 7:16.
cease then, and let me alone Another reading is, let him cease…
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