Job 3:23

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

Key Reflection

In Job 3:23, the verse depicts a profound expression of despair where even the prospect of death is seen as a cause for joy, highlighting the depth of Job's suffering and his intense longing for relief from his trials. This sentiment underscores the intensity of his pain and his desperate wish for release.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Why is light given “to a man uhose way is hid?” That is, who does not know what way to take, and who sees no escape from the misery that surrounds him. Whom God hath hedged in -See Notes,Job 1:10. The meaning here is, that God had surrounded him as with a high wall or hedge, so that he could not move freely. Job asks with impatience, why light, that is, life, should be given to such a man? Why should he not be permitted to die? This closes the complaint of Job, and the remaining verses of the chapter contain a statement of his sorrowful condition, and of the fact that he had now been called to suffer all that he had ever apprehended.

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