Job 3:23

Job 3:23 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

23Why is life given to a man

whose way is hidden,

whom God has hedged in?

23“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,

And whom God has shut off?

23“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,

And whom God has hedged in?

23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden,

whom God has hedged in?

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,

And whom God hath hedged in?

23Why is the light giuen to the man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,

whom God has hedged in?

23Why is life given to a man like me?

God hasn’t told me what will happen to me.

He has surrounded me with nothing but trouble.

23So why do I continue to live?

God has stopped me moving forward in life.

I cannot see which way to go.

23To a man whose way has been hidden, || And whom God shuts up?