Job 19:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:23 : 23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Lam 3:7 : 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
  • John 8:12 : 12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, ‹I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.›
  • Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 ¶ Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
  • Jer 23:12 : 12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
  • Josh 24:7 : 7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:5-9
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    86%

    5 He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.

    6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.

    7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

    8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

    9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

  • Job 19:9-13
    5 verses
    81%

    9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.

    10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

    11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.

    12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

    13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

  • Lam 3:2-3
    2 verses
    81%

    2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.

    3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.

  • Lam 3:11
    79%

    11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

  • Job 19:6-7
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    79%

    6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

    7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • Job 23:17
    79%

    17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

  • Job 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

    11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

  • Job 3:23
    76%

    23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

  • Job 38:19
    76%

    19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

  • Job 29:3
    76%

    3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

  • Job 38:10
    76%

    10 And brake up for it my decreed [place], and set bars and doors,

  • Job 30:19
    75%

    19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 ¶ Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

    9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:

  • Job 30:13
    75%

    13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Lam 1:13
    75%

    13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.

  • Ps 88:8
    75%

    8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  • Ps 139:11
    75%

    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

  • Job 18:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

    7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Ps 143:3
    74%

    3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

  • Job 9:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

    18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

  • Ps 142:3
    74%

    3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

  • Prov 4:19
    74%

    19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • Job 22:11
    73%

    11 Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • Job 17:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.

    13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

  • Isa 59:9
    73%

    9 ¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.

  • Job 10:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

    22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.

  • Ps 18:28
    73%

    28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

  • Job 9:11
    73%

    11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

  • Job 22:14
    73%

    14 Thick clouds [are] a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

  • Job 3:9
    73%

    9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but [have] none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

  • Ps 18:11
    72%

    11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

  • Job 3:5
    72%

    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Job 18:18
    72%

    18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  • Job 31:4
    72%

    4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?