...dust.'57 ' He also describes the supposed scenery of that world, and the condition of the dead there : ' Cease, then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort...the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itse\f ', and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.'38 ' There,...

...shadow of death, or darkness under-ground where the dead lie. In Job x. 20, 21, the patriarch says, " Let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before...to the land of darkness and the shadow of death." Thus we behold the shadow of death, but not the valley of the shadow of death, inasmuch as Job knew...

...their own deaths, a strong proof of its existence. The future, indeed, to mere earthly views, is often "a land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the...without any order, and where the light is as darkness." Truly, death is " without any order." There is in it, such a total disregard to circumstances, as shows...

...enabled to speak and reveal them. The finest passage on darkness I remember is in the book of Job : — " A land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the...without any order, and where the light is as darkness." Here darkness and light are both dimly personified, but the grandest personification is that of death,...

...seems to express that the gloomy darkness of hell overcasts it. Job, speaking of the grave, calls it " the land of darkness and the shadow of death — a land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the shadows of death without any order, where the light is as darkness." Luke, speaking of spiritual darkness,...

...seems to express that the gloomy darkness of hell overcasts it. Job, speaking of the grave, calls it "the land of darkness and the shadow of death — a land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the shadows of death without any order, where the light is as darkness." Luke, speaking of spiritual darkness,...

...alienation, my scotoma, these impairments must have been profound — or absolute. CHAPTER THREE LIMBO A land of darkness, as darkness itself — and of...without any order; and where the light is as darkness. —Job 10:22 The scotoma, and its resonances, I had already experienced — frightful, empty images...

...him unmolested, in a way preferring the nullity of 'the land of darkness' to the company of his God: Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the...without any order, and where the light is as darkness. In the entire Hebrew Bible only two humans go to heaven: Elijah, arguably while still alive, is taken...

...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,...without any order, and where the light is as darkness. Death ^r> HENRY VAUGHAN A Dialogue Soul 'Tis a sad Land, that in one day Hath dulled thee thus, when...

...priest's idea; Job had a different one. 20. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, . . . 2 1 . Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death (Chap. 10). 9. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall...