Job 3:23
What does Job 3:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Why is light givento a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890To the man whose way is hidden, and whomGod hath hedged in?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- Job 19:12
His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
- Psalms 88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
- Lamentations 3:7
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
- Isaiah 40:27
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
- Psalms 31:8
And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
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