Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?
New American Standard Bible
And whom
King James Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Holman Bible
whom God has hedged in?
A Conservative Version
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
American Standard Version
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Amplified
“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
Bible in Basic English
To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
Darby Translation
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?
Julia Smith Translation
To a man whose way was hid, and God will hedge about him?
King James 2000
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?
Modern King James verseion
To a man whose way is hidden, God has made a hedge about him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him.
NET Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
New Heart English Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
The Emphasized Bible
To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?
Webster
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
World English Bible
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Youngs Literal Translation
To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Themes
Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 3:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Wishes He Might Die
22 To those who are happy beyond measure when they reach their graves? 23 To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in? 24 "As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways.
Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.
Isaiah 40:27
"Jacob, why do you say and Israel, why do you complain "My predicament is hidden from the LORD, and my cause is ignored by my God.'?
Job 12:14
When he tears down, nobody rebuilds; when he incarcerates, nobody escapes.
Job 19:6
then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net."
Job 19:12
His troops march in a column against me, erecting their siege ramps against me; they surround my tent."
Psalm 31:8
You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place.
Psalm 88:8
You caused my acquaintances to shun me; you make me extremely abhorrent to them. Restrained, I am unable to go out.
Lamentations 3:9
He impeded my way with blocks of stone, making my paths uneven.
Hosea 2:6
"Look how I'm blocking her path with thorns and building a wall to hinder her, so she can't find her way.