Job 19:8 · KJV
“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.”
— Job 19:8
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown {from} my head.
Job 19 — Context
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown {from} my head.
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Cross References
Job 3:23
{Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked {is} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Psalms 88:8
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.
Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. {make...: Heb. wall a wall}
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, {and} make {it} gross darkness.
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.