Job 19:8
He hath fenced around my way that I cannot pass, 1 and set choshech in my paths. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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, when I cry chamas, I am not heard; 1 I cry for help, but there is no mishpat. 1
9He hath stripped me of my kavod, 1 and taken the ateret from my rosh. 1
Cross References
Joshua 24:7And when they cried unto Hashem, He put darkness between you and the Mitzrayim, and brought the yam upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Mitzrayim; and ye dwelt in the midbar yamim rabbim.
Job 30:26When I looked for tov, 1 then rah came unto me; 1 and when I waited for ohr, 1 there came ofel (darkness). 1
Proverbs 4:19The derech resha'im is as deep darkness; 1 they know not at what they stumble. 1
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is mishpat (justice) far from us, 1 neither doth tzedakah overtake us; 1 we wait for ohr, but, hinei, choshech; 1 for negohot (brightness), but we walk in gloom. 1
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their derech shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness; 1 they shall be driven on, 1 and fall therein; 1 for I will bring ra'ah upon them, 1 even the year of their visitation [for punishment], saith Hashem. 1
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot escape; 1 He hath made my chain heavy. 1
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 →