| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | "Why | לָ֤מָּה | lam·mah | 4100 | what? how? anything | a prim. interrogative and indefinite particle |
| is light | אֹ֑ור | o·vr; | 216 | a light | from or |
| given | יִתֵּ֣ן | yit·ten | 5414 | to give, put, set | a prim. root |
| to him who suffers, | לְעָמֵ֣ל | le·'a·mel | 6001a | a laborer, sufferer | from amal |
| And life | | | 2425b | life | from chayah |
| to the bitter | לְמָ֣רֵי | le·ma·rei | 4751 | bitter, bitterness | from marar |
| of soul, | נָֽפֶשׁ׃ | na·fesh. | 5315 | a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion | from an unused word |
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KJV Lexicon
Wherefore is light
'owr (ore)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
given
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
to him that is in misery
`amel (aw-male')
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful -- that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
and life
chay (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
unto the bitter
mar (mar)
bitter; also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly -- + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, great, heavy.
in soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
New American Standard (©1995)
"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,King James Bible
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; American King James Version
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul; American Standard Version
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; Darby Bible Translation
Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul, English Revised Version
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Webster's Bible Translation
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul; World English Bible
"Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul, Young's Literal Translation
Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul? Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
quare data est misero lux et vita his qui in amaritudine animae sunt
Bitter Giveth Miserable Misery Soul Suffers Trouble Wherefore Wherewith
Bitter Light Miserable Misery Soul Suffers Trouble Wherefore Wherewith
Bitter Light Miserable Misery Soul Suffers Trouble Wherefore WherewithJob 3:20 Multilingual Bible Job 3:20 French Job 3:20 Biblia Paralela 約 伯 記 3:20 Chinese Bible |
