# Why is light given to him who suffers?

Here Job is wondering why people must stay alive and suffer. Alternate translation: "I do not understand why God gives life to a person who is suffering" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# light

Here light represents life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# Why is life given to the one who is bitter in soul

"why does God give life to a miserable person?" Alternate translation: "I do not understand why God gives life to a person who is very unhappy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])