Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Hee hath fenced vp my way that I cannot passe; and hee hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
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- Lamentations 3:7Rank 2 from verse 8
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- Psalms 88:8Rank 5 from verse 8
- Isaiah 50:10Rank 7 from verse 8
10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
10¶ Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voyce of his seruant, that walketh in darkenesse and hath no light? let him trust in the Name of the LORD, and stay vpon his God.
- Jeremiah 13:16Rank 8 from verse 8
16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
16*Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.
- Jeremiah 23:12Rank 9 from verse 8
12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
12Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
12¶ Then spake Iesus againe vnto them, saying, *I am the light of the world: he that followeth mee, shall not walke in darkenesse, but shall haue the light of life.
- Joshua 24:7Rank 12 from verse 8
7And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
7And when they cried vnto the LORD, hee put darkenesse betweene you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea vpon them, and couered them, and your eyes haue seene what I haue done in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wildernes a long season.
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Job 19:8
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fence, meaning to enclose, guard, or fortify.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Figuratively, ways or courses of conduct, action, or direction. 2. Tracks, roads, routes, or ways of passage or travel.
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7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
7Behold, I cry out of ‖wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloude, but there is no iudgement.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
8Hee hath fenced vp my way that I cannot passe; and hee hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
Selected passage9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
9Hee hath stript me of my glory, and taken the crowne from my head.