Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?
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?
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.
NET Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
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 {exceedingly}, [and] they are glad when they find [the] grave? 23 [Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around? 24 For my sighing comes {before} my bread, and my groanings gush forth like water
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.
Lamentations 3:7
He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out; he has made my bronze fetters heavy.
Isaiah 40:27
{Why} do you say, Jacob, and you speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my judgment is passed over by my God?"
Job 12:14
If he tears down, then it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then he cannot be freed.
Job 19:6
know then that God has wronged me and has surrounded me [with] his net.
Job 19:12
His troops have come together and have thrown up their rampart against me and have encamped around my tent.
Psalm 31:8
And you have not delivered me into [the] hand of [the] enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place.
Psalm 88:8
You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. [I am] confined and cannot go out.
Lamentations 3:9
He has blocked my ways with dressed stones; he has made my paths crooked.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, Look! I [am] going to hedge her path {with thorns}, and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall [against] her, and she will not find her paths.