Job 3:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?”
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BSBPD
“Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 3:23 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
- Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Job 19:6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
- Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Job 19:12His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
- Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
- Lamentations 3:9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
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