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Job 19:8

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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אָרְחִ֣יarechimannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.גָ֭דַרgadarclose upגָּדַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “close up”, a completed actionH1443to wall in or aroundclose up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…אֶעֱב֑וֹרeevoralienateעָבַרverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “alienate”, an unfinished actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…וְעַ֥לvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗יnetivotaypathנָתִיבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “path”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5410a (beaten) trackpath(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.חֹ֣שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.יָשִֽׂיםyasimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, an unfinished actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

Young’s Literal Translation

My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

World English Bible

He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

Darby Translation

He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Douay-Rheims

He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ· ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο.