Job 3:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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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.

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    21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

    22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

    23[ Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?

  • Job 21:25
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    25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

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    17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

  • Job 33:28
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    28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

  • Job 33:30
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    30To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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    39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

    2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

  • Job 3:19
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    19The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For to the man that pleaseth him [God] giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Job 38:19
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    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • Job 10:20-22
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    20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

    21Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

    22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.

  • Job 33:19-20
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    19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;

    20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

  • Job 30:25-26
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    25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

    26When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • Job 10:1
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    1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Job 9:18
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    18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

  • Job 7:3
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    3So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

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    3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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    17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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    6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:

  • Job 3:4
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    4Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

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    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

  • Job 3:16-17
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    16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

    17There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

  • Lam 3:19
    70%

    19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

  • Job 21:4
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    4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

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    20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

  • Job 18:6
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    6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

  • Job 33:22
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    22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?

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    8Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.