unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/03/23.md

# Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, a man whom God has hedged in?

Job asks this question in order to make a statement. AT: "God should not give life to a man and then take away his future and confine him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Why is light given to a man

Here light represents life. AT: "Why does God keep a man alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# whose way is hidden

Here Job speaks of his future, which he does not know in advance, as if God had hidden it from him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# a man whom God has hedged in

Here being in difficulties and dangers is spoken of as if it were being confined within narrow limits. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# For my sighing happens instead of eating; my groaning is poured out like water

Job expresses his anguish in two ways. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# my sighing happens instead of eating

"Instead of eating, I mourn"

# my groaning is poured out like water

Moral qualities and emotions such as grief are often spoken of as if they were water. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/light]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]