Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, 1 a man whom God has hedged in? 1
Unlocked Literal 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
22Why is light given to one who rejoices very much 1 and is glad when he finds the grave? 1
24For my sighing happens instead of eating; 1 my groaning is poured out like water. 1
Cross References
Job 13:27You also put my feet in the stocks; 1 you closely watch all my paths; 1 you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked 1
Job 19:8He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, 1 and he has set darkness in my path. 1
Psalms 31:8You have not given me into the hand of my enemy. 1 You have set my feet in a wide open place. 1
Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weary from trouble; 1 All day long I call out to you, Yahweh; 1 I spread out my hands to you. 1
Lamentations 3:7He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy 1
Hosea 2:6Therefore I will build up a hedge to block her way with thorns. 1 I will build up a wall against her 1 so she cannot find her way. 1
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 →