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Job 19:8 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 19:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 19 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.”
Job 19:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass (אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר, orchi gadar welo' e'evor)—The verb גָּדַר (gadar, 'to wall up, fence') describes complete blockage. Job portrays God as actively obstructing every path forward—a reversal of Psalm 23's 'paths of righteousness.' What Job experiences as divine hostility is actually sovereign governance he cannot yet comprehend.And he hath set darkness in my paths (וְעַל־נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים)—The Hebrew חֹשֶׁךְ (choshek, 'darkness') implies not just absence of light but moral confusion and divine hiddenness. Job's complaint echoes L...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 19:8
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“that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.”
“whom God has hedged in?”
“and I can't escape.”
“The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”
“He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone”
“behold”
“and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them”
“then evil came; When I waited for light”
“he put darkness between you and the Egyptians”
“who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness”