Job 3:23

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Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?	[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?	For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Why is light given to a man^H1397 whose way^H1870 is hid^H5641, and whom God^H433 hath hedged in^H5526?

Original Hebrew

לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכֹּו נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלֹוהַּ בַּעֲדֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לְ֭/גֶבֶר	Le./ge.ver	H1397	HR/Ncmsa	to/ a man
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	whom
דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ	dar.K/o	H1870	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	way/ his
נִסְתָּ֑רָה	nis.Ta.rah	H5641	HVNp3fs	it is hidden
וַ/יָּ֖סֶךְ	va/i.Ya.sekh	H5526	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he has made inaccessible
אֱל֣וֹהַּ	'e.Lo.ah	H433	HNcmsa	God
בַּעֲדֽ/וֹ	ba.'a.D/o	H1157	HR/Sp3ms	behind/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H433 — אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh, el-o'-ah): rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
H1397 — גֶּבֶר (geber, gheh'-ber): from גָּבַר; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply; every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
H1870 — דֶּרֶךְ (derek, deh'-rek): from דָּרַךְ; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb; along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
H5526 — סָכַךְ (çâkak, saw-kak'): or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect; cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
H5641 — סָתַר (çâthar, saw-thar'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively; be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
H1157 — בְּעַד (bᵉʻad, beh-ad'): from עַד with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.; about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

hedged in — Job 12:14, Job 19:8, Psalms 31:8, Lamentations 3:7, Lamentations 3:9, Hosea 2:6
whose way — Isaiah 40:27

Reciprocal references (1): Job 40:2

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