Job 3:20

The Scriptures 2009

Why does He give light to the sufferer, and life to the bitter of being,

Cross References

2 Kings 4:27

And she came to the man of Elohim at the hill, and she took hold of him by the feet, but Gĕḥazi came near to push her away. But the man of Elohim said, “Leave her alone, for her being is bitter in her, and יהוה has hidden it from me, and has not revealed it to me.”

Job 3:16

or as a hidden untimely birth, as infants who never saw light?

Job 3:19

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

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my being from going down to the pit, and my life sees the light.’

Job 33:30

to bring back his being from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 6:9

That it would please Eloah to crush me, loose His hand and cut me off!

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those embittered in being.

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

And she was bitter in life, and prayed to יהוה and wept greatly.