Job 3:24
In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
In Context
23To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
25For I have a fear and it comes on me, and my heart is greatly troubled.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
Job 33:20He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;
Psalms 32:3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Psalms 42:3\42:2\My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
Psalms 102:9\102:8\My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
Lamentations 3:8Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
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 →