King James Version
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;(Job 3:20)
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;(Job 3:21)
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?(Job 3:22)
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.(Job 3:24)
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.(Job 3:25)
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.(Job 3:26)

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Job 3:23 - Cross Reference

Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. (Job 19:6)
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (Psalm 88:8)
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. (Psalm 31:8)
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. (Hosea 2:6)
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? (Isaiah 40:27)
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. (Lamentations 3:7)
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. (Job 12:14)
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. (Job 19:8)
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. (Job 19:12)
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. (Lamentations 3:9)