Job 3:23

לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר ־ דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

In Context

22הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי ־ גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ ־ קָֽבֶר ׃

24כִּֽי ־ לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי ׃

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Cross References

Job 13:27וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד ׀ רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כָּל ־ אָרְחוֹתָי עַל ־ שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה ׃

Job 19:8אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים ׃

Psalms 31:8אָגִילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בְּחַסְדֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ אֶת ־ עָנְיִי יָדַעְתָּ בְּצָרוֹת נַפְשִֽׁי ׃

Psalms 88:9הִרְחַקְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַי מִמֶּנִּי שַׁתַּנִי תוֹעֵבוֹת לָמוֹ כָּלֻא וְלֹא אֵצֵֽא ׃

Lamentations 3:7גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי ׃

Hosea 2:6וְאֶת ־ בָּנֶיהָ לֹא אֲרַחֵם כִּֽי ־ בְנֵי זְנוּנִים הֵֽמָּה ׃

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 →

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