Job 3:24
For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
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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, whom God has hedged in?
25For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
Job 33:20so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
Lamentations 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
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 →