Job 3:20
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Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
In other translations
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Jeremiah 20:18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- Job 7:15-1615 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.15 so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body. 16 I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
- 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
- Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
- Job 3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
- Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
- Job 6:9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- 2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
- Job 33:28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
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