20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,(A)
21 who wait for death,(B) but it does not come,
and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
22 who are filled with much joy
and are glad when they reach the grave?(C)

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20 “Why is light given to those in misery,
    and life to the bitter of soul,(A)
21 to those who long for death that does not come,(B)
    who search for it more than for hidden treasure,(C)
22 who are filled with gladness
    and rejoice when they reach the grave?(D)

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16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us(A) from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(A) and hide us[a] from the face of him who sits on the throne(B) and from the wrath of the Lamb!

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.