Job 3:20
"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 sore.
- 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, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Yahweh has hid 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.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 3:21-233 verses83%
21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
22 Who rejoice exceedingly, Are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?
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25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
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17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, My life shall see the light.'
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6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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30 To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
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39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
- Lam 3:1-22 verses75%
1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
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19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
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3 For 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.
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10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
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26 For 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.
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19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,
- Job 10:20-223 verses72%
20 Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
21 Before I go where I shall not return from, To the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22 The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight.'"
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20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
- Job 33:19-202 verses72%
19 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;
20 So that his life abhors bread, And his soul dainty food.
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15 He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
- Job 30:25-262 verses72%
25 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
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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.
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22 But his flesh on him has pain; His soul within him mourns."
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17 So 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.
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12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
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9 Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
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23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
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18 He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
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3 So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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3 Is 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?
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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.
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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?
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15 What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
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6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
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4 Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
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3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
- Job 3:16-172 verses71%
16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest.
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19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
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20 The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
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6 The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.
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22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
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22 Therefore 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?
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8 Yes, 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.