Job 3:24
For my sighing happens instead of eating; 1 my groaning is poured out like water. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 whose way is hidden, 1 a man whom God has hedged in? 1
25For the thing that I feared has come on me; 1 what I was afraid of has come to me. 1
Cross References
Job 6:7I refuse to touch them; 1 they are like disgusting food to me. 1
Job 33:20so that his life abhors food, 1 and his soul abhors delicacies. 1
Psalms 32:3When I remained silent, my bones were wasting away 1 while I groaned all day long. 1
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, 1 while my enemies are always saying to me, “Where is your God?” 1
Psalms 102:9I eat ashes like bread 1 and mix my drink with tears. 1
Lamentations 3:8and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer. 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 →