The Motif Searcher: one word across the Douay, the Latin, the Greek and the Hebrew.
The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quare misero data est lux, et vita his qui in amaritudine animæ sunt :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἵνα τί γὰρ δέδοται τοῖς ἐν πικρίᾳ φῶς, ζωὴ δὲ ταῖς ἐν ὀδύναις ψυχαῖς;
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ