Job 3:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
and life to those whose existence is bitter,^(A)

Job 3:20

New International Version

²⁰“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,^(A)

3 I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

3 ^[a]I am the man who has seen affliction^(A)
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.^(B)

Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)

New International Version (NIV)