Job 19:8
He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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
7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
9He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Cross References
Joshua 24:7When they cried out to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness many days.
Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.
Lamentations 3:7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
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 →