Job 10:18

Why then didst thou bring me forth from the womb? I should have perished, and no eye had seen me;

Noyes Bible

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 anger toward me; New hosts continually rise up against me.

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

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Cross References

Job 3:11Why died I not at my birth? Why did I not expire when I came forth from the womb?

Job 14:10But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day on which I was born; Let not the day on which my mother bore me 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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