Job 3:23

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To a man whose path is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.
  • Lam 3:7 : 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.
  • Isa 40:27 : 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and complain, Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God'?
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 "What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be set free."
  • Job 19:6 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net.
  • Job 19:12 : 12 His troops assemble together; they raise a siege against me and encamp around my dwelling.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, for you have seen my affliction and have known the distress of my soul.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 3:20-22
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    20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?

    21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

    22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

  • Job 38:19-20
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    19 Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

    20 that you may take it to its boundary and recognize the paths to its home?

  • 8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

  • 17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

    2 He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6 He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

  • 3 when His lamp shone upon my head, and I walked by His light through the darkness.

  • 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • 1 Why does the Almighty not reserve times of judgment, and why do those who know Him not see His days of justice?

  • 24 What is the way to the place where the light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth?

  • 9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I cannot catch a glimpse of him.

  • 23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • Job 3:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night that said, 'A man is conceived.'

    4 May that day be darkness; may God above not seek it, nor let light shine upon it.

  • 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • 24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

  • Job 3:9-10
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    9 Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning.

    10 Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.

  • 3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • 24 For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

  • 3 Is there any number to His armies? Upon whom does His light not rise?

  • 11 It is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of waters covers you.

  • 16 Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light?

  • 6 The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

  • 13 Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.

  • 10 If He passes by, imprisons, or calls an assembly, who can turn Him back?

  • Job 37:19-20
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    19 Teach us what we should say to Him, for we cannot present our case because of the darkness.

    20 Should it be told to Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up?

  • 3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?

  • 13 If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • 4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

  • 9 Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

  • 27 Why do you say, Jacob, and complain, Israel, 'My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God'?

  • 12 But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.

  • 30 to bring back their soul from the pit, that they may be enlightened with the light of life.

  • 9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 18 Why then did You bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died and no eye had seen me.

  • 29 When He gives quietness, who can condemn? When He hides His face, who can behold Him? Yet He watches over both nation and man alike.

  • 2 Who is this that darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

  • 12 Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

  • 13 They are among those who rebel against the light; they do not recognize its ways nor stay on its paths.

  • 23 He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.