Reference

Job 10:21

Sheol / The GraveProphecy Fulfilled Literally
“Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;”
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I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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

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A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sheol / The Grave
Semantic Discovery
90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse describes a "land of darkness and the shadow of death" as a destination from which one does not return, which could be interpreted as a general description of death or the afterlife without specifically naming or directly equating it to "Sheol," "the grave," "the pit," or "the dust."

Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

The verse describes Job's anticipation of death as a journey to a "land of darkness and the shadow of death." This is a metaphorical description of the grave or the afterlife, not a prophecy of a literal, physical, geographical land that will be fulfilled by Israel. The language is poetic and speaks to the universal human experience of mortality, not a specific geopolitical event.

Sheol / The Grave
Sheol / The Grave

Cross-References

Psalms 23:4Thematic

“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.”

Job 14:12Thematic

“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”

Job 3:5Thematic

“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.”

Isaiah 9:2Thematic

“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.”

Job 3:5Thematic

“Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.”

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Thematic Connections

Sheol / The GraveProphecy Fulfilled Literally

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