Job 19:8
My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
Leeser Tanakh
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
9My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7And they cried unto the Lord, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I had done on Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
Job 30:26That I hoped for good, but there came evil; and I waited for light, and there came darkness!
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, nor will happiness overtake us: we ever hope for light, but behold there is darkness; for brightness, but in obscurity must we walk.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore shall their way be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness; they shall be pushed forward, and fall thereon; for I will bring upon them evil, the year of their punishment, saith the Lord.
Lamentations 3:7He hath placed a fence round about me, that I cannot get out; he hath made heavy my chain.
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 →