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Job 3:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Why is light given to a man
geber (Hebrew #1397)
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
KJV usage: every one, man, X mighty.
Pronounce: gheh'-ber
Origin: from 1396
whose way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
is hid
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and whom God
'elowahh (Hebrew #433)
a deity or the Deity
KJV usage: God, god. See 430.
Pronounce: el-o'-ah;
Origin: probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410
hath hedgedr in
cakak (Hebrew #5526)
a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
KJV usage: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
Pronounce: saw-kak'
Origin: or sakak (Exod. 33:22) {saw-kak'}
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Job 19:8• 8He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. (Job 19:8)
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Lam. 3:7• 7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. (Lam. 3:7)

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whose way.
Isa. 40:27• 27Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God? (Isa. 40:27)
hedged in.
Job 12:14• 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening. (Job 12:14)
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Job 19:8• 8He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. (Job 19:8)
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Psa. 31:8• 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place. (Psa. 31:8)
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Lam. 3:7,9• 7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
 9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. (Lam. 3:7,9)
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Hos. 2:6• 6Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence her in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths. (Hos. 2:6)
• He adds to this the first of his charges against God, calling himself “the man whom God hath hedged in.” (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the mana whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?

JND Translation Notes

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Geber. so ch. 4.17; 14.10 (first), 14; 16.21 (first); 22.2 (first); 33.17 (second), 29; 34.7,9,34; 38.3; 40.7. It refers to strength, a cognate form (Gibbor) being used for "mighty men," "heroes," as Gen. 6.4; 2 Sam. 23.8; Job 16.14.