Job 19:8
He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
In Context
9He has plundered me of my glory, and he has stolen the crown from my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Job 30:26I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Isaiah 59:9Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.
Jeremiah 23:12For this reason, their way will be like a slippery path in the dark. For they will be impelled forward, and they will fall in it. For I will bring evils over them, in the year of their visitation, says the Lord.
Lamentations 3:7GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →