Job 3:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. 16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.
  • Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 As for her, she was very distressed. She prayed to the LORD and was, in fact, weeping.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said,“Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
  • Job 6:9 : 9 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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    21to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

    22who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they 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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    25And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

  • Job 33:28
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    28He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

  • Job 33:30
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    30to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

  • Lam 3:39
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    39Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins?

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Job 3:19
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    19Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth– only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile– like chasing the wind!

  • Job 38:19
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    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Job 10:20-22
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    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

    21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.

  • Job 33:19-20
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    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

    20so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare.

  • Lam 3:15
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    15He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.

  • Job 30:25-26
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    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

    26But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

  • Job 10:1
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    1An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:22
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    22His flesh only has pain for him, and he mourns for himself.”

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile– like chasing the wind.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12Enjoy Life in the Present I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!

  • Job 9:18
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    18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

  • Job 7:3
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    3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Job 7:11
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    11Job Remonstrates with God“Therefore, 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 Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • Eccl 8:6
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    6For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

  • Job 3:4
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    4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

  • Eccl 7:3
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    3Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

  • Job 3:16-17
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    16Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

    17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

  • Lam 3:19
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    19ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.

  • Job 21:4
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    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 15:20
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    20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

  • Job 18:6
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    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 33:22
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    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.