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Job 3:23

Discouragement and depressionGuidance and decisions

21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?

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

24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

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BSB
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
KJV
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
WEB
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
ASV
[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
DARBY
To the man whose way is hidden, and whom God hath hedged in?
BLB
To a man [for] whom his path is hidden, and God has hedged around him?
ÅB
til den mann hvis vei er skjult for ham, og som Gud har stengt for på alle kanter?
OTB
Hvorfor gis lys til en mann hvis vei er skjult,
som Gud har omringet?
B1930
til den mann hvis vei er skjult for ham, og som Gud har stengt for på alle kanter?

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