Job 19:8
God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.
Free Bible 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
7Even though I cry for help, I get no answer; even though I shout my objections, I get no justice.
9He has stripped my honor from me; he has taken away my reputation.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7Your forefathers called out to the Lord for help, and he placed darkness between you and the Egyptians. Then he brought the sea back over them and they drowned. You saw what I did with your own eyes in Egypt. Then you lived for many years in the wilderness.
Job 30:26But when I looked for good, only evil came, and when I waited for the light, all that came was darkness.
Proverbs 4:19But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.
Isaiah 59:9So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.
Jeremiah 23:12That's why their path will become slippery; they will be chased away in the dark and fall down. I'm going to bring disaster on them at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.
Lamentations 3:7He has built a wall around me so I can't escape; he has bound me with heavy chains.
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 →