Job 3:23
Death is rest to such a man, 1 For God has hedged him in. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22And would be very joyful if they should gain it? 1
24For my groaning comes before my food, 1 And I weep being beset with terror. 1
Cross References
Job 13:27And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; 1 And thou hast watched all my works, 1 And hast penetrated to my heels. 1
Job 19:8I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: 1 He has set darkness before my face. 1
Psalms 31:8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: 1 I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 1
Psalms 88:9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? 1 Thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. 1
Lamentations 3:7He has built against me, and I cannot come forth: 1 He has made my brazen chain heavy. 1
Hosea 2:6And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
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 →