Parallel Verses
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.
American Standard Version
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath 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, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
8
And He has put
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Cross References
Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;
Lamentations 3:9
he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.
Joshua 24:7
And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians and made the sea come upon them and cover them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time.
Job 30:26
But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.
Psalm 88:8
You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
Jeremiah 23:12
Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."