Job 10:19
It would have been better if I had never existed, taken straight from the womb to the grave.
Free Bible Version
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
18So why did you allow me to be born? I wish that I had died, and nobody had ever seen me!
20I only have a few days left, so why don't you leave me alone so I can have a little peace
Cross References
Job 3:16Why wasn't I a miscarriage, buried in secret, a baby who never saw 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 →