Verse 20

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.