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Job 19:8
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He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;he has veiled my paths with darkness.
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
God has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
"He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has set darkness upon my paths.
"He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths.
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,And He has put darkness on my paths.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
God has me trapped with a wall of darkness
"He has fenced off my way, so that I can't pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
God has blocked my way to keep me from getting through. He has hidden my path in darkness.
He has fenced up my ways so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
God has blocked the way, and I can't get through; he has hidden my path in darkness.
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.
He has fenced up my path so that I cannot pass; and He has set darkness on my paths.
He hath hedged vp my path, I ca not get awaye, he hath set darcknesse in my gate.
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Hee hath fenced vp my way that I cannot passe; and hee hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
He bisette aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settide derknessis in my weie.
He has walled up my way that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.
God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has built a wall in my way so that I cannot pass. And He has put darkness on my paths.
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
"He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fenced: Job 3:23, Psalms 88:8, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:9, Hosea 2:6
set: Joshua 24:7, Proverbs 4:19, Isaiah 50:10, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 23:12, John 8:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:7 - ten times Job 22:11 - darkness Job 23:17 - the darkness from Job 36:16 - a broad Psalms 107:14 - brought Lamentations 3:5 - builded
Cross-References
And I will bring a morsell of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your wayes: for therefore are ye come to your seruant. And they said, Do euen as thou hast said.
And the elder saide vnto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in vnto vs after the maner of all ye earth.
And the yonger bare a sonne also, and she called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this day.
Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.
Then Aaron answered, Let not the wrath of my Lord waxe fearce: Thou knowest this people, that they are euen set on mischiefe.
And the bramble said vnto the trees, If ye will in deede anoynt me King ouer you, come, and put your trust vnder my shadowe: and if not, the fire shall come out of the bramble, and consume the Cedars of Lebanon.
Behold, here is my daughter, a virgine, and his concubine: them wil I bring out nowe, and humble them, and doe with them what seemeth you good: but to this man doe not this villenie.
Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?
Yet hee knewe not what he saide: for they were afraide.
And (as we are blamed, & as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,.... A metaphor taken from travellers, who not only meet with obstacles and obstructions in their way, which make it difficult; but sometimes with such enclosures and fences, that they are at a full stop, and cannot pass on, and know not what course to steer: the people of God are not inhabitants of this world, but pilgrims, strangers, and sojourners in it, and travellers through it; they are bound for another country, and are travelling to it; and though their way for far most part is indeed troublesome, but generally passable, or made so; yet sometimes not only is their way hedged up with afflictions, and they hedged about with them, that they cannot easily get out, and get through and pass on; and it is with much difficulty, and with being much scratched and torn, they do brush through; but they also at other times find God has built up a wall against them, and enclosed them with hewn stones, and so fenced up their way that they cannot pass on; such difficulties present as seem insurmountable, and they are at a standstill, and know not what way to take; which was now Job's case, see Lamentations 3:5; and this may not only respect the way of his walk in this world, but his way to God, either to the throne of his grace, or the tribunal of his justice: the way to God, as on a throne of grace, is only through Christ, the living way; which, though more clearly revealed under the Gospel dispensation, and therefore called a new way, yet was known under the former dispensation, and made use of; in which saints may have access to God with boldness and confidence: but sometimes this way seems by unbelief to be fenced up, though it is always open; and especially when God hides his face, and is not to be seen, nor is it known where to find him, and how to come up to his seat; and which also was Job's case,
Job 23:3; and whereas he was very desirous of having his cause heard and tried at the tribunal of God, his way was so shut up, that he could not obtain what he so much desired, and knew not therefore how to proceed, and what course to take:
and he hath set darkness in my paths; and was like a traveller in a very dark night, that cannot see his way, and knows not what step to take next; so good men, though they walk not in the ways of darkness, in a moral sense, as unregenerate men do; yet even while they are walking in the good ways of truth and holiness, and while they are passing through this world, God sometimes withdraws the light of his countenance from them, so that they walk in darkness, and have no light, which is very uncomfortable walking; and when God may be said to put darkness into their paths, he not granting them the light of grace and comfort they have sometimes enjoyed; and so it is with them when under such dark dispensations of Providence, as that they cannot see the end of God in leading them in such ways; and then their case is such as it now was Job's; that they cannot see any way of getting out of it; as the Israelites at the Red sea, and Paul and the mariners when in a storm, and all hope of being saved was gone.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He 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 plans, rather than of spiritual darkness or distress.
And he hath set darkness in my paths - So that I cannot see - as if all around the traveler should become suddenly dark, so that he could not discern his way. The “language” here would well express the spiritual darkness which the friends of God sometimes experience, though it is by no means certain that Job referred to that. All the dealings of God are to them mysterious, and there is no light in the soul - and they are ready to sink down in despair.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 19:8. He 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.
