Job 3:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 3:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 3:23 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 3:23 — KJV
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?”
— Job 3:23 (KJV)
Job 3:23 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 3:23
“Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:23: given, way, god
“And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:23: given, whom, god
“And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. him...: Heb. by his feet vexed: Heb. bitter”
Shares key themes with Job 3:23: way, hid, god
“But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?”
Shares key themes with Job 3:23: whose, way, god
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
Shares key themes with Job 3:23: whose, whom, god
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