Job 3:23
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Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
[Why is the light of day given] to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to the person whose way is hidden, whom God has fenced in?
“My sighing serves in place of my food, and my groans pour out in a torrent;
Why do I go on living when God has me surrounded, and I can't see the road?
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom +God hath hedged in?
To a man whose way is hidden, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?
But God keeps their future a secret and builds a wall around them to protect them.
So why do I continue to live? God has stopped me moving forward in life. I cannot see which way to go.
Why is light given to a man whose path is hidden, to one whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
They cannot see where they are going. God has ·hidden the road ahead [L placed a hedge around him].
Why is the light given to the man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in?
God keeps their future hidden and hems them in on every side.
Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Life shouldn’t be given to a man who doesn’t know what will happen to him. It shouldn’t be given to a man who feels trapped by God.
To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?
to the man who does not know which way he goes and whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
Why does he give light to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in all around?
Why is a man allowed to be born if God is only going to give him a hopeless life of uselessness and frustration?
“Why does God bother giving light to the miserable, why bother keeping bitter people alive, Those who want in the worst way to die, and can’t, who can’t imagine anything better than death, Who count the day of their death and burial the happiest day of their life? What’s the point of life when it doesn’t make sense, when God blocks all the roads to meaning?
And why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom Eloah has fenced in?
A man whose path is hidden from him, one whom God has hemmed in!
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has shut off?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
who are unable to find their way and whom God has hemmed in on every side?
They cannot see where they are going. God has hidden the road ahead.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
Why is life given to a man like me? God hasn’t told me what will happen to me. He has surrounded me with nothing but trouble.
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and around whom God has built a wall?
Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?
Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in?
Why is ohr given to a gever whose derech is hidden, and whom Elohim hath hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
Why is light wasted on the earthbound, who cannot find their way and whom God has surrounded?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Why is light given to a man, whose way is hid, and God hath (en)compassed him with darknesses? (Why is light given to a man, whose way forward is hidden, or obscured, and God hath surrounded him with darkness?)
To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
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