Job 3:20
What does Job 3:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
- Job 3:16
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
- Job 33:30
To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
- Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
- Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.
- Job 33:28
He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
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