Job 19:8
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
American Standard Version
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, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7And when they cried out unto Jehovah, 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 many days.
Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, 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, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 23:12Wherefore 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, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; 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 →