Job 3:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ “Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Why is light [of life] given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Common English Bible

²⁰ Why is light given to the hard worker, life to those bitter of soul,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

Job 3:20 Cross References

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

Job 3:16

Or why was I not as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never see the light?

Job 3:19

The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’

Job 33:30

to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may see the light of life.

Job 6:9

that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.