Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man from whom the way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22Who rejoice exceedingly, Yea, exult, when they can find a grave?
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groans are poured out like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27Yea, thou puttest my feet in the stocks, And waterest all my paths; Thou hemmest in the soles of my feet.
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.
Psalms 88:9Mine eyes languish by reason of my affliction. I call upon thee daily, O LORD! To thee do I stretch out my hands!
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will enclose her with a wall, So that she shall not find her paths.
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 →