Job 3:23
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
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