KJV King James Version
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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Job 3:23
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
WEB World English Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
ASV American Standard Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Surrounding context — Job 3
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.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
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Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.Lamentations 3:7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.Job 19:12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.Psalm 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.Lamentations 3:9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.Psalm 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
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