Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
KJV
viro cujus abscondita est via et circumdedit eum Deus tenebris ?
Vulgate
θάνατος ἀνδρὶ ἀνάπαυμα, συνέκλεισεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς κατ’ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
ASV
לְ֭/גֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ נִסְתָּ֑רָה וַ/יָּ֖סֶךְ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱל֣וֹהַּ
'lvh
noun · 60×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בְּעַ֥ד
b'd
adverb · 103×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
נִי
ny
verb · 24×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
Historic Christian voices
2 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.
- Isa 40:27 — Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
- Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- 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.