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23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid,
And whom God hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh [a]before I eat,
And my [b]groanings are poured out like water.
25 For [c]the thing which I fear cometh upon me,
And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:24 Or, like my food
  2. Job 3:24 Hebrew roarings.
  3. Job 3:25 Or, the thing which I feared is come etc.

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

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