Reference

Job 10:21

Sheol / The Grave Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

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

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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

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

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

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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

Related Verses

Job 10:22

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

Job 16:22

“When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.”

Job 7:10

“He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.”

Job 17:13

“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”

Job 30:23

“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”

Thematic Connections

Sheol / The Grave Prophecy Fulfilled Literally

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