Job 3:20
Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
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- Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains. 16 I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.
- Jer 20:18 : 18 Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
- Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:
- 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.
- 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
- Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.
- Job 6:9 : 9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
- Job 33:28 : 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
- Job 33:30 : 30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
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10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
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25 Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?
26 For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
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1 My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
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18 He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
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3 So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
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10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
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6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
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