Job 10:21

"Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,"

Key Reflection

In Job 10:21, Job is pleading with God to allow him some respite before his life ends. This plea for a brief moment of relief underscores the intense suffering and his desire for even a small comfort in his dire circumstances.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Before I go -from where “I shall not return.” To the grave, to the land of shades, to “That undiscovered country, from whose bourne No traveler returns.” To the land of darkness -This passage is important as furnishing an illustration of what was early understood about the regions of the dead. The essential idea here is that it was a land of darkness, of total and absolute night. This idea Job presents in a great variety of forms and phrases. He amplifies it, and uses apparently all the epithets which he can command to represent the utter and entire darkness of the place.

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