| Job 3:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in?(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? |
| ASV: | Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in? |
| BBE: | To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God? |
| DBY: | To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in? |
| ERV: | Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? |
| JPS: | To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? |
| WBS: | Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? |
| WEB: | Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in? |
| YLT: | To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up? |
| Job 3:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | Job 19:6 Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me.
Job 19:8 "He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths.
Psalm 88:8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.
Lamentations 3:7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 3:23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is {o} hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
(o) That sees not how to come out of his miseries, because he does not depend on God's providence. |
| WES: | 3:23 Hid - From him; who knows not his way, which way to turn himself, what course to take to comfort himself in his miseries. Hedged in - Whom God hath put as it were in a prison, so that he can see no way or possibility of escape. |
| MHC: | 3:20-26 Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in an ill frame for death when so unwilling to live. Let it be our constant care to get ready for another world, and then leave it to God to order our removal thither as he thinks fit. Grace teaches us in the midst of life's greatest comforts, to be willing to die, and in the midst of its greatest crosses, to be willing to live. Job's way was hid; he knew not wherefore God contended with him. The afflicted and tempted Christian knows something of this heaviness; when he has been looking too much at the things that are seen, some chastisement of his heavenly Father will give him a taste of this disgust of life, and a glance at these dark regions of despair. Nor is there any help until God shall restore to him the joys of his salvation. Blessed be God, the earth is full of his goodness, though full of man's wickedness. This life may be made tolerable if we attend to our duty. We look for eternal mercy, if willing to receive Christ as our Saviour. |
| CONC: | Hedged Hid Hidden Shut Veiled |
| PREV: | Hedged Hid Hidden Light Shut Veiled Way |
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