Job 19:8
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7And the children of Israel cried to the Lord: and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness a long time:
Job 30:26I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behold darkness: brightness, and we have walked in the dark.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evils upon them, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 3:7Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters 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 →