Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Job breaks his silence with a lament cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception. He questions why light is given to those in misery and longs for the peace of Sheol where the weary are …
Other Translations
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
Cross References
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi …
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with …