Job 3:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. 16 I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days `are' vanity.
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why `is' this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!
  • Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'
  • Job 3:16 : 16 (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)
  • Job 6:9 : 9 That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'
  • 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 are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

    22Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

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  • Job 21:25
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    25And this `one' dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

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    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

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    28He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

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    6In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.

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

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    39What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?

  • Lam 3:1-2
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    1I `am' the man `who' hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.

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  • Job 3:19
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    19Small and great `are' there the same. And a servant `is' free from his lord.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

  • Ps 107:10
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    10Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26For to a man who `is' good before Him, He hath given wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and to a sinner He hath given travail, to gather and to heap up, to give to the good before God. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    19Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

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    20Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

    21Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

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    20For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

  • Job 33:19-20
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    19And he hath been reproved With pain on his bed, And the strife of his bones `is' enduring.

    20And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

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    15He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.

  • Job 30:25-26
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    25Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

    26When good I expected, then cometh evil, And I wait for light, and darkness cometh.

  • Job 10:1
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    1My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 14:22
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    22Only -- his flesh for him is pained, And his soul for him doth mourn.'

  • Eccl 2:17
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    17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

  • Job 3:9
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    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

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    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

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    18He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

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    3So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

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    10I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

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    3Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

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    11Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

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    17How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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    15-- What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

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    6For to every delight there is a time and a judgment, for the misfortune of man is great upon him.

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    4That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

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    3Better `is' sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

  • Job 3:16-17
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    16(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

    17There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

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    19Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!

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    4I -- to man `is' my complaint? and if `so', wherefore May not my temper become short?

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    20`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

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    6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

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    22And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

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    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

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    8But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.