Job 3:20

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

Job 7:15-16

So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been spent in shame?

1 Samuel 1:10

She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

Job 3:16

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

Job 6:9

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Job 33:28

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

Job 33:30

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 3:20

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

Wherefore

Job 6:9

Job 7:15

Jeremiah 20:18

Light

Job 3:16

Job 33:28

The bitter

General references

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Bible References

Wherefore

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.

Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been spent in shame?

Light

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

The bitter

So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.

She, greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing,
And wine to him

whose life is bitter.

General references

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.