Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him?
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?
King James 2000
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?
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 Rejoicing with joy when they find the grave; 23 To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him? 24 For my sighing will come before any bread, and my groanings shall be poured put as waters.
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
Lamentations 3:7
He walled about me and I shall not go forth: he loaded my brass.
Isaiah 40:27
For what wilt thou say, O Jacob, and wilt thou speak, O Israel, My way was hid from Jehovah, and my judgment will pass over from my God.
Job 12:14
Behold, he will pull down and it shall not be built up: he will shut up against man and it shall not be opened.
Job 19:6
Know ye now that God subverted me; and he folded his net about me.
Job 19:12
His troops shall come together and raise up their way against me, and they will encamp round about to my tent
Psalm 31:8
And thou didst not shut me up in the hand of the enemy: thou didst cause my feet to stand in a broad place.
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.
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.