Job 3:24
Before I eat I sigh: and as overflowing waters, so is my roaring:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
In Context
23To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
25For the fear which I feared hath come upon me: and that which I was afraid of, hath befallen me.
Cross References
Job 6:7The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.
Job 33:20Bread becometh abominable to him in his life, and to his soul the meat which before he desired.
Psalms 32:3Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.
Psalms 42:3My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
Psalms 102:9All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
Lamentations 3:8Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.
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 →