Strong's Lexicon Why לָ֤מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may is light א֑וֹר (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 216: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light given יִתֵּ֣ן (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon to the miserable, לְעָמֵ֣ל (lə·‘ā·mêl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6001: n m 1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one 1a) labourer, workman 1b) sufferer adj v 2) toiling and life וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים (wə·ḥay·yîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community to the bitter לְמָ֣רֵי (lə·mā·rê) Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4751: adj 1) bitter, bitterness 1a) of water or food 1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.) 1c) of pain (subst) adv 2) bitterly of soul, נָֽפֶשׁ׃ (nā·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhy is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul, Young's Literal Translation Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul? Holman Christian Standard Bible Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter, New American Standard Bible "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, King James Bible Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul; Parallel Verses New International Version "Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, New Living Translation "Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter? English Standard Version “Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, New American Standard Bible "Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, King James Bible Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Holman Christian Standard Bible Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter, International Standard Version "Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person: NET Bible "Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter, American Standard Version Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; English Revised 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? Cross References Job 3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Jeremiah 20:18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. Job 3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. Job 3:21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Job 3:22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Job 3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? 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