Job 3:23
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
American Standard Version
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 exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
Job 19:8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
Lamentations 3:7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, 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 →