Job 19:8
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass,and has set darkness in my paths.
New Heart English Bible
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 'Injustice!' 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: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came;When I waited for light, there came darkness.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness.They do not know what they stumble over.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 23:12"Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall 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 in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains 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 →