Job 3:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

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  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity.
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why did I come 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 to him who is perishing, and wine to those of heavy hearts.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept greatly.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have existed; like infants who never saw light.
  • Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

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    21Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

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

    23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • Job 21:25
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    25Another dies in the bitterness of his soul, never having eaten with pleasure.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • Job 33:28
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    28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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

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

  • Lam 3:39
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    39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

    2He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

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

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

  • 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 to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

    22A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

  • Job 33:19-20
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    19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain;

    20So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.

  • Job 30:25-26
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    25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

    26When I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

  • Job 10:1
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    1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:12
    72%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

  • Job 9:18
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    18He will not allow me to regain my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

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

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your 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.

  • Job 21:17
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    17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! And how often does their destruction come upon them! God distributes sorrows in His anger.

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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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  • Job 3:4
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    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

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    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

  • Job 3:16-17
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    16Or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have existed; like infants who never saw light.

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

  • Lam 3:19
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    19Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

  • Job 21:4
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    4As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Job 15:20
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    20The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

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    6The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

  • Job 33:22
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    22Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

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    8But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.