Job 3:11

KJV

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

— Job 3:11, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Job Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Job breaks his silence with a lament cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception. He questions why light is given to those in misery and longs for the peace of Sheol where the weary are …

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Other Translations

ASV

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

YLT

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

BBE

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?

Cross References