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Old TestamentJob · Chapter 10

Job 10:21

Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 10:21 — by Collins Asein

Quick Summary

Job 10:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.

Job 10:21 — KJV

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:21 (KJV)

Job 10:21 in Context — About the Book of Job

Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.

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Cross-References for Job 10:21

And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.

Shares key themes with Job 10:21: before, whence, return

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

Shares key themes with Job 10:21: before, return, even

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Shares key themes with Job 10:21: land, darkness, shadow

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Shares key themes with Job 10:21: before, darkness, shadow

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

Shares key themes with Job 10:21: before, even, land

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Collins Asein — Christian Author & Founder of PrayerKey