Job 3:23
To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —
24For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8(31-9) And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.
Psalms 88:9(88-10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
Hosea 2:6(2-8) Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make 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 →