Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.

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

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Cross References

Job 3:11Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?

Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?

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