Job 3:23

“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, etc.] Some of the Jewish writers connect this with (<180322>Job 3:22), thus; “who rejoice [and] are glad when they find a grave for a man”, etc. but it should be observed that such are said to rejoice at finding a grave, not for others, but for themselves; the words stand in better connection with (<180320>Job 3:20), from whence the supplement is taken in our version and others; and so it is a continuation or repetition of the expostulation why light and life, or the light of the living, should be given to persons as before described, and here more largely; and Job himself is principally designed, as is generally thought, whose way, according to…”

“whose way is hid--The picture of Job is drawn from a wanderer who has lost his way, and who is hedged in, so as to have no exit of escape (Hos 2:6; Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9).”

“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. - In regard to the questions here proposed by Job Job…”

“Hid - From him; who knows not his way, which way to turn himself, what course to take to comfort himself in his miseries. Hedged in - Whom God hath put as it were in a prison, so that he can see no way or possibility of escape. Job 3:24”

“whose way: Isa 40:27 hedged in: Job 12:14, Job 19:8; Psa 31:8; Lam 3:7, Lam 3:9; Hos 2:6 Job 3:24”