Job 3:20

A Conservative Version

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Cross References

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to LORD, and wept much.

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!

Job 3:16

Or I should have been as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never saw light.

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 LORD has hid it from me, and has n

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

Job 3:19

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