Job 19:8

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"He has fenced off my way, so that I can't pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.

Berean Standard Bible:

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

American Standard Version:

He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

He hath fenced up{H1443} my way{H734} that I cannot pass{H5674}, and he hath set{H7760} darkness{H2822} in my paths{H5410}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 3:23

  • [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Lamentations 3:7

  • He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Psalms 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.

Lamentations 3:9

  • He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Proverbs 4:19

  • The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Hosea 2:6

  • ¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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.

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Commentary for Job 19:8

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1443
    There are 10 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּדַר
    Transliteration: gâdar
    Pronunciation: gaw-dar'
    Description: a primitive root; to wall in or around; close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.
  2. Strong's Number: H734
    There are 257 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֹרַח
    Transliteration: ʼôrach
    Pronunciation: o'-rakh
    Description: from אָרַח; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan; manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
  3. Strong's Number: H5674
    There are 493 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָבַר
    Transliteration: ʻâbar
    Pronunciation: aw-bar'
    Description: a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
  4. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  5. Strong's Number: H2822
    There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹשֶׁךְ
    Transliteration: chôshek
    Pronunciation: kho-shek'
    Description: from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  6. Strong's Number: H5410
    There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתִיב
    Transliteration: nâthîyb
    Pronunciation: naw-theeb'
    Description: or (feminine) נְתִיבָה; or נְתִבָה; (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track; path(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.