Job 3:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 20:18

Why came I out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

1 Samuel 1:10

As Anna had her heart full of grief, she prayed to the Lord, shedding many tears.

Job 33:30

That he may withdraw their souls from corruption, and enlighten them with the light of the living.

Job 6:9

And that he that hath begun may destroy me: that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

Job 3:16

Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

2 Kings 4:27

And when she came to the man of God to the mount, she caught hold on his feet. And Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Job 33:28

He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

Job 3:19

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