Job 3:20

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones. 16 I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why came I 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 ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me."
  • Job 3:16 : 16 or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
  • Job 6:9 : 9 even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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    21Who long for death, but it doesn't 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, whom God has hedged in?

  • Job 21:25
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    25Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

  • Eccl 5:17
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    17All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

  • Job 33:28
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    28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'

  • Lam 3:6
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    6He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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

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

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

    2He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

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

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Job 38:19
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    19"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,

  • Job 10:20-22
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    20Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

    21before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

    22the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'"

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

  • Job 33:19-20
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    72%

    19He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones;

    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 sated me with wormwood.

  • Job 30:25-26
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    25Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

    26When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • Job 10:1
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    1"My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:22
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    22But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns."

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 3:12
    72%

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,

  • Eccl 2:23
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    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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

  • Job 7:3
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    3so am I made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted 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 smile on the counsel of the wicked?

  • Job 7:11
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    11"Therefore I will not keep silent. 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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    17"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

  • Eccl 8:6
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    6For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

  • Job 3:4
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    4Let that day be darkness. Don't let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.

  • Eccl 7:3
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    3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

  • Job 3:16-17
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    16or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

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

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

  • Job 21:4
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    4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

  • Job 15:20
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    20the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

  • Job 18:6
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    6The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

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

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.