Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Noyes Bible
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
7Behold, I complain of wrong, but receive no answer; I cry aloud, but obtain no justice.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Cross References
Job 30:26But when I looked for good, then evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, And deliverance doth not overtake us. We look for light, and behold obscurity; For brightness, and we walk in darkness.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore shall their way become as slippery places in the dark; They shall be driven on and fall therein; For I will bring evil upon them In the time of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
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 →