Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Job 3:20
Wherefore is light, namely, the light of life, given to him that is in misery and life unto the bitter in soul, why should God continue them in this miserable life,
Wherefore is light, namely, the light of life, given to him that is in misery and life unto the bitter in soul, why should God continue them in this miserable life,
Verse Job 3:20. _WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN_] Why is life granted to him who is incapable of enjoying it, or of performing its functions?...
WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY? - The word “light” here is used undoubtedly to denote “life.” This verse commences a new part of Job’s complaint. It is that God keeps people alive w...
CHAPTER 3 JOB'S LAMENT _ 1. Job curses the day of his birth (Job 3:1)_ 2. He longs for death (Job 3:10) 3. The reason why (Job 3:24) Job 3:1. The s
Why does God continue life to the wretch who longs for death? Job's words again rise to a passionate intensity. The vision of the peacefulness of death vanishes, and he reawakens to the consciousness...
JOB'S LAMENTATION. Here the later poem begins, and at once we pass into another world. The patient Job of the Volksbuch is gone, and we have instead one who complains bitterly that ever he was born. T...
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_Wherefore is light given_ This is a possible translation, but more probably we should render, WHEREFORE GIVES HE LIGHT? the Author of light and life being alluded to obliquely and not named. _The bit...
Why does God continue life to the wretched, who long for death? The vision of the peacefulness of death passes away, and Job awakens again to the consciousness of his real condition, and his words, w...
3. And why he should go on living (Job 3:20-26) TEXT 3:20-26 20 WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY, And life unto the bitter in soul; 21 Who long for death, but it cometh not, And...
_WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY, AND LIFE UNTO THE BITTER IN SOUL;_ Wherefore (seeing that the dead are free from every earthly sorrow) is light given - literally, 'giveth He light...
JOB CURSES HIS DAY Job curses the day of his birth. He asks why he did not die at birth: why should his wretched life be prolonged? We are now confronted with a striking change in Job's frame of mind...
Job was able to sympathise with other people because of his own troubles. Job always cared about other people (Job 29:12-17). But now Job knew how they suffered....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 3 JOB’S FIRST SPEECH JOB R...
WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN. — Comp. the connection between life and light in Psalms 36:9 and John 1:4....
לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְ עָמֵ֣ל אֹ֑ור וְ֝ חַיִּ֗ים
VI. THE CRY FROM THE DEPTH Job 3:1 Job SPEAKS WHILE the friends of Job sat beside him that dreary week of silence, each of them was meditating in his own way the sudden calamities which had brought...
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? Job 3:1 In the closing paragraphs of the previous chapter three friends arrive. Teman is Edom; for Shuah see Genesis 25:2; Naamah is Arabia. The group of spectators, gathered r...
Silent sympathy always creates an opportunity for grief to express itself. Job's outcry was undoubtedly an answer to their sympathy. So far, it was good, and they had helped him. It is always better t...
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and (n) life unto the bitter [in] soul; (n) He shows that the benefits of God are not comfortable, unless the heart is joyful, and the conscience qu...
(20) В¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; (21) Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; (22) Which rejoic...
Job's Complaint (Response to an insurance company) I am writing in response to your request for additional information regarding my claim. In block #3 of the accident form, I put "trying to do the job...
But the depths of Job's heart were not yet reached, and to do this was the purpose of God, whatever Satan's thoughts may have been. Job did not know himself, and up to this time, with all his piety, h...
WHEREFORE IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM THAT IS IN MISERY,.... That labours under various calamities and afflictions, as Job did, being stripped of his substance, deprived of his children, and now in great pa...
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul; Ver. 20. _Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery_] Job hath not done yet, though he had said more tha...
_Wherefore is light given_ למה יתן, _lama jitten;_ why doth he give, or hath he given, _light_, namely, the light of life, to him that is in misery, whose life is a scene of sorrow and distress, loade...
JOB'S BITTER COMPLAINT (vv.1-26) Though Job would not dare to curse God for his trouble, yet it seems that the presence of his friends only caused a stronger, gradual build-up of bitter distress in...
"WHY IS LIGHT GIVEN TO HIM WHO SUFFERS, AND LIFE TO THE BITTER OF SOUL": For the fourth time in this speech, Job asked "why?". At this moment it did not make any sense to him that God would give life...
20-26 Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in an ill frame for death when so unwilling to live. Let it be our constant ca...
Heb. _Wherefore_ (for what cause, or use, or good) _doth he_ (i.e. God, though he forbear to name him, out of that holy fear and reverence which still he retained towards him) give light? either the l...
Job 3:20 light H216 given H5414 (H8799) misery H6001 life H2416 bitter H4751 soul H5315 Wherefore -...
CONTENTS: Job tells his misery and despair. CHARACTERS: God, Job. CONCLUSION: «Pity thyself» is the devil's most popular sermon to one who will listen to him, for he delights to embitter the saint b...
Job 3:1. _After this opened Job his mouth._ The Masoretic Jews, as well as our modern divines, seem agreed that Job now began the _drama,_ and spake in poetic effusions of _verse._ They say the same o...
_Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery._ CHRISTIAN POSTURE OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL IN LIFE This question of universal, intellectual, and moral interest, as to the purpose of evil, is a que...
_After this opened Job his month, and cursed his day._ THE PERIL OF IMPULSIVE SPEECH In regard to this chapter, containing the first speech of Job, we may remark that it is impossible to approve the...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 3:20 The final sequence of “why” questions reflects Job’s current miserable state. ⇐ ⇔...
NOTES Job 3:5. “_Let the blackness of the day terrify it_.” Margin, “_Let them terrify it as those who have a bitter day_” The expression כִּמרִירֵי־יוֹם (_chimrire-yom_) gives rise to two classes of...
EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" ended, we come upon a long colloquy, in which the several _dramatis personae_ speak for themselves, the writer, or compiler, only prefacing each speech with a...
And finally Job spoke up. Job begins to curse the day of his birth. Job opened his mouth, and he cursed his day (Job 3:1). Notice he didn't curse God; just the day in which he was born. Let the day...
1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:27; Jeremiah 20:18; Job 3:16; Job 33:28;...
JOB'S SORROWS AND SIGHS Job 2:9; Job 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In this study we will consider the verses which lie in the second chapter of Job beginning with verse nine where we left off in the forme...
Light — The light of life. Bitter — Unto those to whom life itself is bitter and burdensome. Life is called light, because it is pleasant and serviceable for walking and working; and this light is sai...