Job 10:18

And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

Young's Literal Translation

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 dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.

19As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

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Cross References

Job 3:11Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

Job 14:10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where [is] he?

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed [is] the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare 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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