Job 10:18

Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? 1 And why did I not die, and no eye see me, 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

17Renewing against me my torture: 1 And thou hast dealt with me in great anger, 1 And thou hast brought trials upon me. 1

19And I become as if I had not been? 1 For why was I not carried from the womb to the grave? 1

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Cross References

Job 3:11For why died I not in the belly? 1 And why did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately? 1

Job 14:10But a man that has died is utterly gone; 1 And when a mortal has fallen, he is no more. 1

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, 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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