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

AT: "Why does God give life to a man and then take away his future and confine him?"

## Why is light given ##

The word "light" is referring to life.

## 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 ##

AT: "Instead of eating, I mourn."

## my groaning is poured out like water ##

Job's grief overflows like water pouring from a vessel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])