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Job 3:20
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Job 3:20
20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
20Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 3:20
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
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Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
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Great distress, affliction, suffering, or wretchedness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Sharp to the feeling; piercing; painful; that makes to smart.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Open the full verse study15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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Open the full verse study10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
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Open the full verse study6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
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Open the full verse study27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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Open the full verse study16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
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Open the full verse study30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
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Open the full verse study9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Open the full verse study28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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