20 “Why(A) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (B)bitter of soul,

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20 “Why is (A)light given to one burdened with grief,
And life to the bitter of soul,

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“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,

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

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22 He does not believe that he will (A)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.

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22 He does not believe that he will (A)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (B)the sword.

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22 
“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

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22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

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[a]Is there any number to His armies?
Upon whom does (A)His light not rise?

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  1. Job 25:3 Can His armies be counted?

Is there any number to (A)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

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“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

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Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

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(A)When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;

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When (A)His lamp shone over my head,
And (B)by His light I walked through darkness;

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When His lamp shone upon my head
And by His light I walked through darkness;

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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

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30 (A)To bring back his soul from the Pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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30 To (A)bring back his soul from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

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30 
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

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The Eternal Word(A)

In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. (F)He was in the beginning with God. (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men. And (J)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.

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  1. John 1:5 Or overcome

(A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. [a]He was in the beginning with God. (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him [b]not even one thing came into being that has come into being. (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of mankind. And (H)the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [c]grasp it.

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  1. John 1:2 Lit This one
  2. John 1:3 One early ms nothing came into
  3. John 1:5 Or overpower

The Deity of Jesus Christ

In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and [b]the Word was God Himself.(A) He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being. In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines on in the [c]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].(B)

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  1. John 1:1 In John the Apostle’s vision (Rev 19), he sees Christ returning as Warrior-Messiah-King, and “...His name is called The Word of God...and LORD OF LORDS.” (Rev 19:13, 16).
  2. John 1:1 In this phrase, “God” appears first in the Greek word order, emphasizing the fact that “the Word” (Christ) was God—so “God Himself.”
  3. John 1:5 I.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The same was in the beginning with God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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(A)That[a] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

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  1. John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.

[a]This was (A)the true Light [b]that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

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  1. John 1:9 I.e., the Word, Christ
  2. John 1:9 Or that enlightens every person coming into the world

There it was—the true Light [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] which, coming into the world, enlightens everyone.(A)

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That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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