Job 10:18

So why did you allow me to be born? I wish that I had died, and nobody had ever seen me!

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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

17You repeat your arguments against me, you pour out more and more of your anger against me, you send fresh armies against me.

19It would have been better if I had never existed, taken straight from the womb to the grave.

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Cross References

Job 3:11Why wasn't I stillborn? Why didn't I die at birth?

Job 14:10But human beings die, their strength dwindles away; they perish, and where are they then?

Jeremiah 20:14May the day I was born be cursed! May the day my mother gave birth to me never 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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