King James Bible
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

American Standard Version
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

Young's Literal Translation
Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

Job 3:20 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Wherefore is light given - Why is life granted to him who is incapable of enjoying it, or of performing its functions?

Job 3:20-22.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wherefore.

Job 6:9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 7:15,16 So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life...

Jeremiah 20:18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

light.

Job 3:16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Job 33:28,30 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light...

the bitter.

Job 7:15,16 So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life...

1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore.

2 Kings 4:27 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...

Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts.

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