Job 3:20
“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;”
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Cross-References
“Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”
“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.”
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
“But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.”