Job 3:20, Ecc 9:9 | JFB | STEP | 20. Wherefore giveth he light —namely, God; often omitted reverentially ( ). Light, that is, life. The joyful light ill suits the mourners. The grave is most in unison with their feelings.

Job 3:20

20. Wherefore giveth he light—namely, God; often omitted reverentially (Job 24:23; Ec 9:9). Light, that is, life. The joyful light ill suits the mourners. The grave is most in unison with their feelings.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9. wife . . . lovest—godly and true love, opposed to the "snares" of the "thousand" concubines (Ec 7:26, 28), "among" whom Solomon could not find the true love which joins one man to one woman (Pr 5:15, 18, 19; 18:22; 19:14).