Christian Standard Bible
Job 19:8
8He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.
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 caught me in his net. 7I cry out, “Violence!” but get no response; I call for help, but there is no justice. He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; 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 so that I am ruined. He uproots my hope like a tree.
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אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 19:8
- Job 3:23Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Psalms 88:8You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so I cannot get out; he has weighed me down with chains.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, this is what I will do: I will block her way with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so that she cannot find her paths.
- Joshua 24:7Your ancestors cried out to the Lord, so he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea over them, engulfing them. Your own eyes saw what I did to Egypt. After that, you lived in the wilderness a long time.
- Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and listens to 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 mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but he brings darkest gloom and makes total darkness.
- Jeremiah 23:12Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who 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
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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
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