Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
King James Version
In Context
22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Cross References
Job 13:27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
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 →