Job 3:20
Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes?
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Referenced Verses
- Job 7:15-16 : 15 That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne. 16 I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
- Jer 20:18 : 18 Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe? to haue experience of labour and sorowe, and to leade my lyfe with shame?
- Prov 31:6 : 6 Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne:
- 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was troubled in her minde, and prayed vnto the Lord, & wept sore,
- 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God vp to the hill, she caught him by the feete: But Gehezi went to her, to thrust her away. And the man of God sayde: Let her alone, for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hid it from me, and hath not tolde it me.
- Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was not I hyd, as a thing borne out of tune, either as young children which neuer sawe the light?
- Job 6:9 : 9 O that God would begin and smite me, that he would let his hand go and take me cleane away:
- Job 33:28 : 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.
- Job 33:30 : 30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.
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21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:
22 Which reioyce exceedingly, and be glad when they can finde the graue,
23 From whom their endes are hyd, and consealed by God?
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25 Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule, and neuer eateth with pleasure.
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17 All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke, with great carefulnesse, sicknesse, and sorowe.
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28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.
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6 He hath set me in darknesse, as they that be dead for euer.
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30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.
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39 Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man? let hym murmure at his owne sinne.
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1 I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie.
2 He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light.
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19 There are small and great, and the seruaunt is free from his maister.
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3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead.
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10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron.
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26 And why? God geueth to the man that is good before hym, wisdome, vnderstandyng, and gladnesse: but vnto the sinner he geueth weerinesse, that he may gather and heape together the thyng that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto hym whom it pleaseth God: This is nowe a vayne thyng, yea a very disquietnesse and vexation of mynde.
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19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?
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20 Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle,
21 Afore I go thyther from whence I shall not turne againe, euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death:
22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse.
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20 For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue, forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse.
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19 He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones:
20 So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:
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15 He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke.
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25 Dyd not I weepe with hym that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore?
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1 My soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my coplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule.
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22 But while his fleshe is vpon him, it must haue sorowe: and his soule shall mourne within him.
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17 Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.
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12 So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.
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9 Let the starres of that night be dimme thorowe darkenesse of it, let it loke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:
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23 But heauinesse, sorowe, and disquietnesse all the dayes of his life? Insomuch that his heart can not rest in the nyght: This is also a vayne thyng.
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18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
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3 Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne, and many a carefull night haue I tolde.
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10 For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.
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3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly?
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11 Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde.
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17 How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath?
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15 What shall I say? The Lorde hath made a promise to me, yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it: I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe.
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6 For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement: and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe.
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4 The same day be turned to darknesse, and not regarded of God from aboue, neither let the light shyne vpon it:
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16 Or why was not I hyd, as a thing borne out of tune, either as young children which neuer sawe the light?
17 There must the wicked ceasse from their tyrannie, and there such as laboured valiauntly be at rest:
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19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall.
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4 Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?
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20 The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen.
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6 The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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22 His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death.
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22 Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?
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8 If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.