Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
KJV
Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum : et in calle meo tenebras posuit.
Vulgate
κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ, ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο.
LXX
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
ASV
אָרְחִ֣/י גָ֭דַר וְ/לֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְ/עַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗/י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
גֹּֽדְרִים֙
gdrym
verb · 10×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
י
y
noun · 26×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hos 2:6 — Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- Hos 2:6 — Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
- Jer 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da
- Jer 23:12 — Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
- Job 3:23 — Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
- Job 3:23 — Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
- Job 22:11 — Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
- Job 23:17 — Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
- Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Job 36:16 — Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
- John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
- Josh 24:7 — And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in th
- Lam 3:5 — He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
- Lam 3:7 — He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- Lam 3:7 — He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- Lam 3:9 — He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Ps 88:8 — Thou 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.
- Ps 107:14 — He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.