King James Version
Job 19:8 in the King James Version says “He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.” — study this verse from Job chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.”
Job 19:8 · KJV
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. wrong: or, violence
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that I cannot pass”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“and he hath set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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