Job 10:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 10:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 10:22 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darknes..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 10:22 — KJV
“A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”
— Job 10:22 (KJV)
Job 10:22 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.
Cross-References for Job 10:22
“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 10:22: land, darkness, shadow
“A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.”
Shares key themes with Job 10:22: land, without, any
“Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?”
Shares key themes with Job 10:22: land, shadow, death
“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 10:22: darkness, shadow, death
“The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.”
Shares key themes with Job 10:22: darkness, shadow, death
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