Job 10:18

Wherefore then didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that no eye had seen me!

Leeser Tanakh

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 ever renewest thy witnesses against me, and causest thy indignation to grow strong against me; changes and multitudes [of sufferings] are around me.

19That I were as though I had not been,—had been borne from the womb to the grave.

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Cross References

Job 3:11Why did I not die [the moment I issued] from the womb, and [why] was I not born merely to perish at once?

Job 14:10But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day whereon I was born: the day on which my mother bore me shall 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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