Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
World English 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
22who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
24For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
Cross References
Job 13:27You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
Job 19:8He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
Psalms 88:9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
Lamentations 3:7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
Hosea 2:6Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.
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 →