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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וישבו אתו לארץ שבעת ימים ושבעת לילות ואין דבר אליו דבר--כי ראו כי גדל הכאב מאד
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vySHbv Atv lArTS SHb`t ymym vSHb`t lylvt vAyn dbr Alyv dbr--ky rAv ky gdl hkAb mAd

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quare data est misero lux et vita his qui in amaritudine animae sunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Therefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Authorized (King James) Version   
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
New King James Version   
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul,
21st Century King James Version   
“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul,

Other translations
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,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
God's Word   
"Why give light to one in misery and life to those who find it so bitter,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,
International Standard Version   
"Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person:
NET Bible   
"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,
New American Standard Bible   
"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul,
New International Version   
"Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,
New Living Translation   
"Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter?
Webster's Bible Translation   
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul;
The World English Bible   
"Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
EasyEnglish Bible   
I am suffering very much. Why does God let me wake up each day? I am very upset, so why does God continue to let me live?
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?
New Life Version   
“Why is light given to him who suffers? Why is life given to those who feel sad in their soul?
The Voice Bible   
Why is light awarded to those distressed, and life given to embittered souls
Living Bible   
“Oh, why should light and life be given to those in misery and bitterness, who long for death, and it won’t come; who search for death as others search for food or money?
New Catholic Bible   
“Why is light given to those in misery and life to those whose hearts are bitter,
Legacy Standard Bible   
“Why is light given to him who is troubled, And life to the bitter of soul,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Christian Standard Bible   
Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Why is light [of life] given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
New Century Version   
“Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are so unhappy?
The Message   
“Why does God bother giving light to the miserable, why bother keeping bitter people alive, Those who want in the worst way to die, and can’t, who can’t imagine anything better than death, Who count the day of their death and burial the happiest day of their life? What’s the point of life when it doesn’t make sense, when God blocks all the roads to meaning?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Why is light given to those weighed down with grief? Why is life given to those whose spirit is bitter,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Good News Translation®   
Why let people go on living in misery? Why give light to those in grief
Wycliffe Bible   
Why is light given to the wretch, and life to them that be in bitterness of soul? (Why is light given to the wretch, and life to those who have a bitter soul?)
Contemporary English Version   
Why does God let me live when life is miserable and so bitter?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“Why is light given to one in misery and life to the bitter in soul,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Common English Bible © 2011   
Why is light given to the hard worker, life to those bitter of soul,
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Why is the light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter in soul,
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Why is light given to the toilers, life to the bitter in spirit?
New American Standard Bible   
“Why is light given to one burdened with grief, And life to the bitter of soul,
The Expanded Bible   
“Why is light given to those in misery? Why is life given to those who are ·so unhappy [depressed]?
Tree of Life Version   
Why is light given to one who suffers and life to the bitter of soul,
Revised Standard Version   
“Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
New International Reader's Version   
“Why should those who suffer ever be born? Why should life be given to those whose spirits are bitter?
BRG Bible   
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Complete Jewish Bible   
They long for death, but it never comes; they search for it more than for buried treasure;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Why is ohr given to him that is in misery, and chayyim unto the bitter in nefesh;
Names of God Bible   
“Why give light to one in misery and life to those who find it so bitter,
Modern English Version   
“Why is light given to the miserable, and life unto the bitter in soul,
Easy-to-Read Version   
“Why must a suffering person continue to live? Why let anyone live such a bitter life?
International Children’s Bible   
“Why is life given to those who are in misery? Why is it given to those who are so unhappy?
Lexham English Bible   
“Why does he give light to one in misery and life to those bitter of soul,
New International Version - UK   
‘Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,