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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?
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
They are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave.
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And whom
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Cross References
Job 19:8
God has blocked my path so that I cannot go on. He has made my path dark.
Lamentations 3:7
He built a wall around me so that I am unable to go out. He made a heavy chain for me.
Isaiah 40:27
Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel: 'My way is hidden from Jehovah! My God disregards my cause?'
Job 12:14
What he tears down cannot be rebuilt. The man he imprisons cannot be released.
Job 19:6
then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.
Job 19:12
His troops assemble against me. They build a ramp to attack me. They camp around my tent.
Psalm 31:8
You have not handed me over to the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
Psalm 88:8
You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out.
Lamentations 3:9
He blocked my way with cut stones. He twisted my roadways.
Hosea 2:6
Behold, I (Jehovah) will fence her way with thorns. I will build a wall against her that she will not find her path.