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Job 3:10–11

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10because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

norl did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Job Wishes He Had Died

11“Why did I not die atm birth?

Why did I not come forth from the womb and expire?

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Footnotes

  1. lHebrew “And”
  2. mLiterally “from”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

nor hide trouble from my eyes.

“Why did I not die at birth,

come out from the womb and expire?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me

to hide trouble from my eyes.

“Why did I not perish at birth,

and die as I came from the womb?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For that night did not shut

the doors of my mother’s womb,

and hide sorrow from my eyes.

Why was I not stillborn;

why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

NLTNew Living Translation

Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb,

for letting me be born to see all this trouble.

“Why wasn’t I born dead?

Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

KJV 1900King James Version

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

Why died I not from the womb?

Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?