Verse 20

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

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.