Job 10:19

And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

In Context

18Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

20Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

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Cross References

Job 3:16Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

Matthew Henry on Job 10:15-22

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh… Read the whole commentary →

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