Job 3:23
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom God hath hedged in?
Darby Translation
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 rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave?
24For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
Cross References
Job 13:27And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet;
Job 19:8He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Hosea 2:6Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence [her] in with a wall, that she shall 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 →