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Job 3:23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Job 3:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 3:23

Theological / Devotional

Hid. Job feels thwarted. He knows not what way to turn.

Hedged in. Satan had claimed that God had built a hedge of protection around Job (Job 1:10). Now Job claims that God has built a hedge of affliction about him.

By SdaBc