New American Standard Bible 2020
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
6Know then that God has wronged me And has surrounded me with His net. 7“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. 9He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. 10He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
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אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 19:8
- Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has shut off?
- Psalms 88:8You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.
- Lamentations 3:7He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will obstruct her way with thorns, And I will build a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
- Joshua 24:7But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.
- Isaiah 50:10Who is among you who fears the Lord, Who obeys the voice of His servant, Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness.
- Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring disaster upon them, The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.
- John 8:12Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not 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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