Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
In Context
23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
25For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
Job 33:20so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts 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 →