TheWay BibleJob 3:20 KJV
Job · chapter 3 · verse 20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Job 3:20 · King James Version
Job 3:20 in context
18There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- miseryʻâmêltoilingH6001 →
- bittermarbitterH4751 →
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
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Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here complains that his life was now continued and not cut off. When men are set on quarrelling there is no end of it; the corrupt heart will carry on the humour.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-26