Job 3:20

New International Version

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

Job 3:20

King James Version

²⁰Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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.

3 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

New International Version (NIV)