Job 3:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
  • Lam 3:7 : 7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
  • Isa 40:27 : 27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 The Lord’s Discipline Will Bring Israel Back Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
  • Job 12:14 : 14 If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
  • Job 19:6 : 6 know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
  • Job 19:12 : 12 His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

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    20Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

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  • Job 38:19-20
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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

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    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

  • Job 23:17
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    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

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  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

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  • Job 29:3
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    3when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

  • Lam 3:9
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    9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.

  • Job 24:1
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    1The Apparent Indifference of God“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

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    24In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

  • Job 23:9
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    9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

  • Job 15:23
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    23he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

  • Job 3:3-4
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    3“Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said,‘A man has been conceived!’

    4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

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    3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 13:24
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    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • Job 3:9-10
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    9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

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  • Job 14:3
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    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Job 3:24
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    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

  • Job 25:3
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    3Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

  • Job 22:11
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    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Job 3:16
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    16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

  • Job 18:6
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    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 6:13
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    13Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

  • Job 11:10
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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

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    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

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    30to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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    2“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

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    12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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