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.
KJV
terram miseriæ et tenebrarum, ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo, sed sempiternus horror inhabitat.
Vulgate
The land dark as midnight, The landof the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
ASV
אֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָ/ה כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְ/לֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַ/תֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ אֹֽפֶל
Hebrew
A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֹ֣פֶל
'pl
noun · 9×
הוֹפִ֨יעַ֙
hvpy'
verb · 8×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סְדָרִ֗ים
sdrym
noun · 1×
עֵיפָ֔ה
'yph
noun · 2×
צַלְמָֽוֶת
tslmvt
noun · 18×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 18:18 — He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- Matt 4:16 — 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.
- Ps 88:12 — Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?