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The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A land of darkne - The word used here (עיפה ‛êyphâh) is different from that rendered “darkne ” השׁך chôshek

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

A land of darkness, as darkness [itself]
Not merely like it, but truly so; as gross thick darkness, like that of Egy…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigor. His gloom, unb…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Job had finished his investigation with the statement that he has suffered many tribulations, whether he is just or unjust. He now wants to ask if …

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