22A 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
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.
Commentary
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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