20|Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,


In Context

17 There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

18 There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.

19 The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

20 |Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,

21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

22 who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

Job 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20"Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;