New International Version
Job 19:8
8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.
Context of Job 19:8
6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me. 7“Though I cry, ‘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 shrouded my paths in darkness. 9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. 10He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
Read all of Job 19Job 19:8 word by word
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 way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Psalms 88:8You have taken from me my closest friends and 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 I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
- Joshua 24:7But they cried to the Lord for help, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians; he brought the sea over them and covered them. You saw with your own eyes 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 deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
- Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,” declares the Lord.
- John 8:12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in 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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