21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
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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.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-22)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 murmuring Israelites, but had cause to complain. If we think it looks ill in him, let it be a warning to us to keep our temper better. 1. He complains of the strictness of God’s judgment and the rigour of…
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