Bible verse
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Job 3:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 3.
16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
18 The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
21 who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
22 who rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?
23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
24 I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
KJV
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;
ASV
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
ERV
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
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