Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
New American Standard Bible
And He has put
King James Version
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Holman Bible
He has veiled my paths with darkness.
International Standard Version
He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways.
A Conservative Version
He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Amplified
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
Bible in Basic English
My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
Darby Translation
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Julia Smith Translation
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
King James 2000
He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.
Modern King James verseion
He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"He hath hedged up my way, that I cannot pass; he hath set darkness in my gate.
NET Bible
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
New Heart English Bible
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
The Emphasized Bible
My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
Webster
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
World English Bible
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Youngs Literal Translation
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
Themes
Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
Job » Faith strained but victorious
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 19:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Sixth Speech: A Response To Bildad
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice. 8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Names
Cross References
Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Lamentations 3:7
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations 3:9
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
Joshua 24:7
And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.
Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Psalm 88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 50:10
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Jeremiah 23:12
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
John 8:12
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.