Job 3:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
And 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 ...
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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