Job 3:20, Lam 3:15, 19, Heb 12:11 | ESV | STEP | Why is light given to him who is in misery , and life to the bitter in soul ,

a Prov. 31:6

b[Isa. 51:17, 21]

c Jer. 9:15

d[ch. 1:9, 11, 20]

e[See ver. 15 above]

f ver. 5

g[1 Pet. 1:6]

h James 3:17, 18

Job 3:20

20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to ^athe bitter in soul,

Lamentations 3:15

15 ^bHe has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with ^cwormwood.

Lamentations 3:19

19 ^dRemember my affliction and my wanderings,
^ethe wormwood and ^fthe gall!

Hebrews 12:11

11 ^gFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields ^hthe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.