Job 19:8
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, 1 and he has set darkness in my path. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
7See, I cry out, “Violence!” but I get no answer. 1 I call out for help, but there is no justice. 1
9He has stripped me of my glory, 1 and he has taken the crown from my head. 1
Cross References
Joshua 24:7When your ancestors called out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea to come over them and cover them. You saw what I did in Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
Job 30:26When I hoped for good, then evil came; 1 when I waited for light, darkness came instead. 1
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness— 1 they do not know what it is they stumble over. 1
Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness reach us. 1 We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 1
Jeremiah 23:12therefore their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it. 1 For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Lamentations 3:7He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains 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 →