Job 19:8

Job 19:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
• New International Version (NIV)He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.

Context of Job 19:8

6then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me. 7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness. 9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. 10He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

Job 19:8 word by word

אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear

• He has blockedגָּדַרgâdar · to wall up/offH1443
• my wayאֹ֫רַח'ôrach · wayH734
• so I cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• He has veiledעַל‛al · uponH5921
• He has veiledשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• my pathsנְתִיבָהnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
• with darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822

Cross-references for Job 19:8

• Job 3:23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
• Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
• Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
• 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.
• Joshua 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
• Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Commentaries on Job 19:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He hath fenced up my way - This may allude to the mode of hunting the elephant, described at the conclusion of the preceding chapter; or to the operations of an invading army. See under Job 19:11; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8He hath fenced up my way - This figure is taken from a traveler, whose way is obstructed by trees, rocks, or fences, so that he cannot get along, and Job says it was so with him. He was traveling along in a peaceful manner on the journey of life, and all at once obstructions were put in his path, so that he could not go farther. This does not refer, particularly, to his spiritual condition, if it does at all. It is descriptive of the obstruction of his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-22Verses 8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall not feel it hereafter. It is a very common mistake to think that those whom God afflicts he treats as his enemies. Every creature is that to us which God makes it to be; yet this does not excuse Job's relations and friends. How uncertain is the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8has blocked my way: See 3:23; 13:27; Psalm 88:8; Lamentations 3:7, 9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Image from a benighted traveller.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:8

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Builder
• Dark; Darkness

Commentaries on Job 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings