Job 3:11

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 3:11

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

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KJV

King James Version

Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

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WEB

World English Bible

“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

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Job 3

⁹ May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

¹⁰ For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

¹¹ Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

¹² Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

¹³ For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

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