Job 3:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto 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 man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but 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.

Job 3:16

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; As infants which never saw light

Job 3:19

The small and great are there; And the servant is free from his master

Job 33:28

He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 6:9

Even 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 unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:

Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.