Job 3:11
“Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie?”
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Job 3:11 Context
9Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day: 10Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe from mine eyes. 11Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie? 12Why did the knees preuent mee? or why the breasts, that I should sucke? 13For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,
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Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
- King James Version
"Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?
- Basic English Bible
Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?
- Darby Bible
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not expire at the time of my birth?
- Webster's Bible
Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
- World English Bible
Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible