Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.

New American Standard Bible

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

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 blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He hath fenced up
גּדר 
Gadar 
Usage: 10

my way
ארח 
'orach 
Usage: 59

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

and he hath set
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Job's Sixth Speech: A Response To Bildad

7 Behold, I shall cry violence, and shall I not be answered: I shall cry for help, and no judgment 8 He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths. 9 And he put off from me my honor, and he removed the crown of my head.



Cross References

Job 3:23

To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him?

Lamentations 3:7

He walled about me and I shall not go forth: he loaded my brass.

Lamentations 3:9

He walled up my ways with hewn stones, he made crooked my beaten paths.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold me hedging in thy way with thorns, and I walled a wall and she shall not find her beaten paths.

Joshua 24:7

And they will cry to Jehovah, and he will put darkness between you and between Egypt, and he will bring the sea upon him, and will cover him; and your eyes will see what I did in Egypt; and ye shall dwell in the desert many days.

Job 30:26

For I hoped for good and evil will come: and I shall wait for light and darkness will come.

Psalm 88:8

Thou didst remove far from me mine acquaintance; thou didst set me an abomination to them: I was shut up, and I shall not go forth.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the unjust as darkness: they shall not know in what they shall stumble.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fearing Jehovah, hearing to the voice of his servant? who goes in darkness and no light to him? he shall trust in the name of Jehovah and rest upon his God.

Jeremiah 13:16

Ye shall give glory to Jehovah your God, before he shall darken, and before your feet shall strike upon the mountains of darkness, and ye waited for light, and he set it for the shadow of death, he will place for gloom.

Jeremiah 23:12

For this their way shall be to them as slippery places in darkness: they shall be thrust away and they fell in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their reviewing, says Jehovah.

John 8:12

Again therefore Jesus spake to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he following me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

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