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Job 3:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? "

Job 3:23

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21 who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

24 For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.

25 For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me.

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