Job 10:18

And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

17Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.

19I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Cross References

Job 3:11Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Job 14:10But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!

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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