Job 19:8

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

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

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

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Job 3:23 (7 votes)

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

  • Lamentations 3:7 (6 votes)

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

  • Psalms 88:8 (5 votes)

    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 (5 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 4:19 (4 votes)

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

  • Hosea 2:6 (4 votes)

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

  • John 8:12 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.