Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
New American Standard Bible
And whom
King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Holman Bible
whom God has hedged in?
International Standard Version
To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?
A Conservative Version
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
American Standard Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Amplified
“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
Bible in Basic English
To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
Darby Translation
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?
Julia Smith Translation
To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him?
King James 2000
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?
Modern King James verseion
To a man whose way is hidden, God has made a hedge about him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him.
New Heart English Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
The Emphasized Bible
To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?
Webster
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
World English Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Youngs Literal Translation
To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Themes
Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Wishes He Might Die
22 who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave? 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? 24 For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
Lamentations 3:7
(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
Isaiah 40:27
Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, "The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication"?
Job 12:14
If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
Job 19:6
know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
Job 19:12
His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.
Psalm 31:8
You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
Psalm 88:8
You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
Lamentations 3:9
He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.