Job 3:20

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Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?

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  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine. 16 I despise my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
  • Prov 31:6 : 6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are bitter of heart.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, 'Leave her alone! She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.'
  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light?
  • Job 6:9 : 9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to bring back their soul from the pit, that they may be enlightened with the light of life.

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  • Job 21:25
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    25While another dies in bitterness of soul, having never tasted prosperity.

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    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

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    28He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

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    30to bring back their soul from the pit, that they may be enlightened with the light of life.

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    39Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?

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    1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

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

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.

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    26To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

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    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

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    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

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  • Job 33:19-20
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    19A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones.

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    15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

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    25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

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    1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

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    22He feels pain only in his own flesh and mourns only for himself.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

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    9Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning.

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    23All their days are full of sorrow, and their work is filled with grief; even at night their mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

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    18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

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    10I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

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    4May that day be darkness; may God above not seek it, nor let light shine upon it.

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    16Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light?

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    19Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.

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    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.