Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
In Context
23To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
25For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
Job 33:20So that his life maketh him to abhor bread, and his soul dainty food.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 42:3(42-4) My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'
Psalms 102:9(102-10) For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
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 →