Job 3:23
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Berean Standard Bible
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 and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
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 →