Verse 20

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

Referenced Verses

• Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones. 16 I loathe [my life] ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.
• Jer 20:18 : 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
• Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
• 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 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 Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
• Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
• Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
• Job 33:28 : 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
• Job 33:30 : 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.