Job 3:20

WEB

²⁰“Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

KJV

²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

BSB

²⁰Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

FBV

²⁰Why does God give life to those who are suffering, living bitterly miserable lives,

Extra References

Jeremiah 20:18

¹⁸Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Job 7:15-16

¹⁵so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. ¹⁶I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

1 Samuel 1:10

¹⁰She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.

Proverbs 31:6

⁶Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Job 6:9

⁹even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 33:30

³⁰to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

Job 3:16

¹⁶or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

²⁷When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

Job 33:28

²⁸He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’