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Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
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The Poetry of Despair
Job doesn't just express sadness; he unleashes a torrent of powerful poetic curses against his birthday. Commentators explain he piles up images of the deepest darkness imaginable: the 'shadow of death,' a permanent storm cloud, and terrifying, unnatural blackness like an eclipse. This intense language reveals the profound depth of his suffering and despair.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let darkness and the shadow of death - The Hebrew word צלמות tsalmâveth is exceedingly musical and poetical. It is derived…
19th Century
Anglican
Stain. — Literally, redeem — i.e., claim as their rightful inheritance. This other meaning is also present in th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it Let there be such darkness on it as on persons when dying, or in the s…
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For seven days Job's friends sat by him in silence, without offering consolation: at the same time Satan assaulted his mind to shake his confidence…
13th Century
Catholic
In Chapter 2, I explained that ancient philosophers held two opinions about the passions. The Stoics said that there was no place for sorrow in the…
