Job 19:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 19:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 19:8 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
Job 19:8 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 19:8
“And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. he be...: Heb. his hand cannot reach to the sufficiency of a lamb”
Shares key themes with Job 19:8: hath, cannot, pass
“If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; in fellowship: or, in dealing fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand”
Shares key themes with Job 19:8: hath, way, pass
“And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.”
Shares key themes with Job 19:8: hath, pass, set
“And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:”
Shares key themes with Job 19:8: hath, way, set
“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,”
Shares key themes with Job 19:8: hath, pass, set
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