23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?


In Context

20 |Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

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

24 For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

Job 3:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:23To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:23To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?