🌪️WEB · Job 3:23
What does Job 3:23 mean?
"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?"
— Job 3:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
Who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.
I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.”
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