Job 3:23
To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
24In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;
Job 19:8My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
Psalms 31:8\31:7\I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
Psalms 88:9\88:8\You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
Lamentations 3:7He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
Hosea 2:6For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.
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 →