Job 3:23
to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,
24Before I eat, I sigh; and like overflowing waters, so is my howl,
Cross References
Job 13:27You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.
Job 19:8He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.
Psalms 31:8I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you.
Psalms 88:9O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
Lamentations 3:7GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.
Hosea 2:6Because of this, behold, I will fence in your way with thorns, and I will surround it with a wall, and she will not find her paths.
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 →