Job 19:8
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Darby Translation
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
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7Then they cried to Jehovah, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long time.
Job 30:26For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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 →