Job 3:23-25

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²³[Why is the light of day given] to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

²⁴For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings are poured out like water.

²⁵For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, and that of which I am afraid befalls me.

Job 3:23-25

New King James Version

²³Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
^(A)And whom God has hedged in?
²⁴For my sighing comes before ^[a]I eat,
And my groanings pour out like water.
²⁵For the thing I greatly ^(B)feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.

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Footnotes

Job 3:24 Lit. my bread

Job 3:23-25

New International Version

²³Why is life given to a man
    whose way is hidden,^(A)
    whom God has hedged in?^(B)
²⁴For sighing^(C) has become my daily food;^(D)
    my groans^(E) pour out like water.^(F)
²⁵What I feared has come upon me;
    what I dreaded^(G) has happened to me.^(H)