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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:23

Why is light given “to a man uhose way is hid?” That is, who does not know what way to take, and who sees no escape from the misery that surrounds him.Whom God hath hedged in - See Notes, Job 1:10. The meaning here is, that God had surrounded him as with a high wall or hedge, so that he could not move freely. Job asks with impatience, why light, that is, life, should be given to such a man? Why should he not be permitted to die? This closes the complaint of Job, and the remaining verses of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat - Margin, “My meat.” Dr. Good renders this,” Behold! my sighing takes the place of my daily food, and refers to Psalms 42:3, as an illustration:My tears are my meat day and night.So substantially Schultens renders it, and explains it as meaning, “My sighing comes in the manner of my food,” “Suspirium ad modum panis veniens” - and supposes it to mean that his sighs and groans were like his daily food; or were constant and unceasing. Dr. Noyes explains it as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:25

For the thing which I greatly feared - Margin, As in the Hebrew “I feared a fear, and it came upon me.” This verse, with the following, has received a considerable variety of exposition. Many have understood it as referring to his whole course of life, and suppose that Job meant to say that he was always apprehensive of some great calamity, such as that which had now come upon him, and that in the time of his highest prosperity be had lived in continual alarm lest his property should be taken.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:26

I was not in safety - That is, I have, or I had no peace. שׁלה shâlâh Septuagint, οὔτε εἰρήνευσα oute eirēneusa - “I had no peace.” The sense is, that his mind had been disturbed with fearful alarms; or perhaps that at that time he was filled with dread.Neither had I rest - Trouble comes upon me in every form, and I am a stranger wholly to peace. The accumulation of phrases here, all meaning nearly the same thing, is descriptive of a state of great agitation of mind. Such an accumulation... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:23

Job 3:23. Why is light given to a man whose way is hid? Hid from him; who knows not his way, that is, which way to turn himself, what course to take to obtain comfort in his miseries, or to get out of them. And whom God hath hedged in Whom God hath put, as it were, in a prison, so that he can see no way or possibility of escape; but all refuge fails him. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:24

Job 3:24. For my sighing cometh before I eat Hebrew, before the face of my bread. Instead of enjoying the satisfaction of being refreshed with the common necessaries that are afforded us, and taking any pleasure in eating and drinking, which are granted for comfort as well as sustenance, my cries and tears are my meat and drink. And my roarings are poured out like the waters So severe is my pain, and so great my anguish, that the agonies and outcries, which are extorted from me, are of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:25

Job 3:25. For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me Before this flood of misery was poured upon me, I was indeed under great and strong apprehensions, which I could not account for, of something or other that would happen to me; something extremely grievous and afflicting; something as bad, nay, worse than death itself. For I considered the variety of God’s providences, the changeableness of this vain world, the infirmities and contingencies to which human nature is liable in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:26

Job 3:26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet Three expressions denoting the same thing, which was also signified in the verse immediately preceding, namely, that even in his prosperous days he never esteemed himself secure, or was perfectly free from the torment of fear and anxiety. Or, his meaning is, I did not misbehave myself in prosperity, abusing it by presumption and security; but I lived circumspectly, walking humbly with God, and working out my salvation... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 3:1-26

3:1-14:22 FIRST ROUND OF ARGUMENTJob’s bitterness (3:1-26)The long silence breaks when Job curses the day of his birth. He wishes he had never been born (3:1-7). He would like sorcerers also to curse that dark day. If they have power over the mythical sea monster Leviathan, they should have power to declare the day of his birth a day of darkness and sorrow, a day on which no person should have been born (8-10). If he had to be born, he wishes he had been stillborn. Then he would have gone... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 3:23

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6 . supplies the sentence from v- 20; but it may be repeated from Job 3:22 , "the grave", regarding verses: Job 21:22 as a parenthesis. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4 . read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 3:1-26

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 3:23

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