Job 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groans are poured out like water.
Noyes 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 light given to a man from whom the way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
25For that which I dread overtaketh me; That at which I shudder cometh upon me.
Cross References
Job 6:7That which my soul abhorreth to touch Hath become my loathsome food.
Job 33:20So that his mouth abhorreth bread, And his taste the choicest food;
Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”
Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes like bread, And mingle my drink with tears.
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth 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 →