Job 3:24
For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
In Context
23[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
25For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch [them]. They are as loathsome food to me.
Job 33:20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:21-26
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.… Read the whole commentary →