Job 19:8
My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7Lo! I cry—out: Violence! but receive no answer, I cry aloud, but there is no vindication;
9My glory—from off me, hath he stripped, and hath removed the crown of my head;
Cross References
Joshua 24:7So they made outcry unto Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought in upon them the sea, and covered them,—and your eyes beheld what I did with the Egyptians. And, when ye had remained in the desert many days,
Job 30:26Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in darkness;
Proverbs 4:19The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
Isaiah 59:9For this cause, hath justice removed far from us, And righteousness overtaketh us not,—We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk:
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on and shall fall therein,—For I will bring in upon them calamity—The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.
Lamentations 3:7He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
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 →