Job 10:17–18
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10:17You bring new witnesses45 against me,
and increase your anger against me;
relief troops46 come against me.
An Appeal for Relief
10:18“Why then did you bring me out from the womb?
I should have died47
and no eye would have seen me!
Footnotes
- 45 The text has “you renew/increase your witnesses.” This would probably mean Job’s sufferings, which were witness to his sins. But some suggested a different word here, one that is cognate to Arabic ’adiya, “to be an enemy; to be hostile”: thus “you renew your hostility against me.” Less convincing are suggestions that the word is cognate to Ugaritic “troops” (see W. G. E. Watson, “The Metaphor in Job 10, 17,” 63 [1982]: 255–57).
- 46 The Hebrew simply says “changes and a host are with me.” The “changes and a host” is taken as a hendiadys, meaning relieving troops (relief troops of the army). The two words appear together again in 14:14, showing that emendation is to be avoided. The imagery depicts blow after blow from God—always fresh attacks.
- 47 The two imperfect verbs in this section are used to stress regrets for something which did not happen (see §107.n).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
You renew your witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.
“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger toward me;
your forces come against me wave upon wave.
“Why then did you bring me out of the womb?
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
You produce new witnesses against me
and multiply your anger toward me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
“Why did you bring me out of the womb?
I should have died and never been seen.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Again and again you witness against me.
You pour out your growing anger on me
and bring fresh armies against me.
“ ‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother’s womb?
Why didn’t you let me die at birth?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
You renew your witnesses against me,
and you increase your vexation against me;
relief forces are against me.
So why did you bring me forth from the womb?
I should have passed away, and no eye should have seen me.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
And increasest thine indignation upon me;
Changes and war are against me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
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