16 Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child,

as infants who never see the light?

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been;

As infants which never saw light.

16 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,

like a baby who never lives to see the light?

16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,

Like infants who never saw light?

16 Why was I not buried like a child born dead,

like a baby who never saw the light of day?

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,

As infants that never saw light.

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

16 I would be buried like a stillborn baby. 

I would not exist. 

I would be like infants who never saw the light. 

16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,

like infants who never see daylight?

16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child,

like an infant that never sees the light?

16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarriage,

like infants who did not see the light?

16 Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead?

Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?

16 “Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,

As infants that never saw light.