Job 3:23
To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
In Context
22Who rejoice unto exultation, Are glad, when they can find the grave:
24For, in the face of my food, my sighing, cometh in, and, poured out like the water, are my groans:
Cross References
Job 13:27And thou dost put—in the stocks—my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;
Job 19:8My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
Lamentations 3:7He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold me! hedging up her way, with thorns,—and I will wall her in, and, her footpaths, shall she not find.
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 →