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


In Context

17 There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

18 Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

19 Small and great are there the same. And a servant is free from his lord.

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

21 Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

22 Who are glad — unto joy, They rejoice when they find a 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 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20|Why is light given to him who is in misery, 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;