21 before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
21 before I go--and I shall not return-- to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
21 Before I die and am buried, before I'm nailed into my coffin, sealed in the ground,
21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
21 before I leave-never to return- for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
22 to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness."
22 And banished for good to the land of the dead, blind in the final dark?"
22 A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.' "
22 It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.'"
(Read Job 10:14-22)
Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in any humble believer; but will renew him unto holiness, that he may enjoy eternal life. If anguish on earth renders the grave a desirable refuge, what will be their condition who are condemned to the blackness of darkness for ever? Let every sinner seek deliverance from that dreadful state, and every believer be thankful to Jesus, who delivereth from the wrath to come.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 10:21
Commentary on Job 10:14-22
(Read Job 10:14-22)
Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigour. His gloom, unbelief, and hard thoughts of God, were as much to be ascribed to Satan's inward temptations, and his anguish of soul, under the sense of God's displeasure, as to his outward trials, and remaining depravity. Our Creator, become in Christ our Redeemer also, will not destroy the work of his hands in any humble believer; but will renew him unto holiness, that he may enjoy eternal life. If anguish on earth renders the grave a desirable refuge, what will be their condition who are condemned to the blackness of darkness for ever? Let every sinner seek deliverance from that dreadful state, and every believer be thankful to Jesus, who delivereth from the wrath to come.