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"Why is light given to him who is in misery, Life to the bitter in soul,
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Life as 'Light'
Commentators unanimously agree that 'light' in this verse symbolizes 'life.' Job is not asking about illumination but about existence itself. His question, 'Why is life given to someone in misery?', is a profound cry of despair, questioning the very gift of life when it is filled with unbearable suffering and bitterness.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why is light given to him that is in misery? (Job 3:20) — The word “light” here undoubtedly denotes “life.” This verse …
19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore is light given? — Compare the connection between life and light in Psalm 36:9 and John 1:4.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery That labours under various calamities and afflictions, as Job did,…
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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 a poor state of mind for deat…
13th Century
Catholic
After Job has despised his own life in many ways, he now despises the life of the entire human race as a whole, both for those in prosperity and th…
