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Job 10:18
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“Why did you bring me out of the womb?I should have died and never been seen.
"'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
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!
"Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
"So why did you allow me to be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
'Why then did You bring me out of the womb? Would that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
'Why then did You bring me out of the womb? If only I had died and no eye had seen me!
"'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!
‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?Would that I had breathed my last and no eye had seen me!
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
Why did you let me be born? I would rather have died before birth
"‘Why did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died there where no eye could see me.
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.
So why did you let me be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
Why, God, did you let me be born? I should have died before anyone saw me.
So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, and no eye should have seen me.
Why then did You bring me from the womb? I would have died, and no eye seen me.
Wherfore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe? O that I had perished, & that no eye had sene me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,
Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!
Wherfore then hast thou brought me forth out of the wombe? Oh that I had giuen vp the ghost, and no eye had seene me!
Wherfore hast thou brought me out of the wombe? O that I had perished, and that no eye had seene me,
Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Whi hast thou led me out of the wombe? `And Y wolde, that Y were wastid, lest an iye `schulde se me.
Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!
"Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
"‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother's womb? Why didn't you let me die at birth?
‘Why then did You let me be born? If only I had died and no one had seen me!
"Why did you bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me.
Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? O that I had been consumed, that eye might not see me l
"Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
"So why did you have me born? I wish no one had ever laid eyes on me! I wish I'd never lived—a stillborn, buried without ever having breathed. Isn't it time to call it quits on my life? Can't you let up, and let me smile just once Before I die and am buried, before I'm nailed into my coffin, sealed in the ground, And banished for good to the land of the dead, blind in the final dark?"
'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hast thou: Job 3:10, Job 3:11, Jeremiah 15:10, Jeremiah 20:14-18, Matthew 26:24
given up: Job 11:20, Job 14:10
Reciprocal: Job 3:3 - Let the day Ecclesiastes 4:3 - better Jeremiah 20:17 - he slew
Cross-References
and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
from mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;
and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the sons of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
And Abijah stood up on mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:
Isn't Calno as Carchemish? isn't Hamath as Arpad? isn't Samaria as Damascus?
The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers: your wise men, O Tyre, were in you, they were your pilots.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?.... Into this world; this act is rightly ascribed by Job to the Lord, as it is by David, Psalms 22:9; which kind act of God Job complains of, and wishes it had never been, seeing his life was now so miserable and uncomfortable; here he returns to his former complaints, wishes, and expostulations, expressed with so much vehemence and passion in
Job 10:3; and for which his friends blamed him, and endeavoured to convince him of his error in so doing; but it does not appear that their arguments carried any force in them with him, or had any effect upon him; he still continues in the same mind, and by repeating justifies what he had said; and thought he had sufficient reason to wish he had never been born, that he had died in the womb, since his afflictions were so very great and increasing, and since God pursued him as a fierce lion; and, according to his sense of things, his indignation against him appeared more and more, and his life was a continued succession of trouble and distress:
and that I had given up the ghost; that is, in the womb, and had never been brought out of it, at least alive; or it may be rendered not as a wish, but as an affirmation, "I should have given up the ghost"; or, "so or then I should have expired" e; if such care had not been taken of me, if God had not been so officious to me as to take me out of my mother's womb at the proper time, I should have died in it, and that would have been my grave; and which would have been more eligible than to come into the world, and live such a miserable life as I now live:
and no eye had seen me! no eye would have seen him, had he not been taken out of the womb; or however if he had died directly, would not have seen him alive; and an abortive or stillborn child few see, or care to see; and had he been such an one, he had never been seen in the circumstances he now was; and by this he suggests, that he was now such a shocking sight as was not fit to be seen by men, and which would have been prevented had he died in the womb.
e ××××¢ "expirabo", Montanus; "expirassem", Mercerus, Cocceius, Schmidt, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth - See the notes at Job 3:11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 10:18. Wherefore then — Why didst thou give me a being, when thou didst foresee I should be exposed to such incredible hardships? See on Job 3:10, &c.
