Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day? New Living Translation Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light? English Standard Version Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light? Berean Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? King James Bible Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. New King James Version Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light? New American Standard Bible “Or like a miscarriage which is hidden, I would not exist, As infants that never saw light. NASB 1995 “Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. NASB 1977 “Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. Legacy Standard Bible Or why was I not like a miscarriage hidden away, As infants that never saw light? Amplified Bible “Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist, Like infants who never saw light. Christian Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? Holman Christian Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? American Standard Version Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Or like a miscarriage buried where I had not been, and like embryos who did not see the light Brenton Septuagint Translation or I should have been as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light. Contemporary English Version I wish I had been born dead and then buried, never to see the light of day. Douay-Rheims Bible Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. English Revised Version Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. GOD'S WORD® Translation I would be buried like a stillborn baby. I would not exist. I would be like infants who never saw the light. Good News Translation or sleeping like a stillborn child. International Standard Version "Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light? JPS Tanakh 1917 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; As infants that never saw light. Literal Standard Version (Or I am not as a hidden abortion, | As infants—they have not seen light.) Majority Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? New American Bible Or why was I not buried away like a stillborn child, like babies that have never seen the light? NET Bible Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light? New Revised Standard Version Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like an infant that never sees the light? New Heart English Bible or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. Webster's Bible Translation Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. World English Bible or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. Young's Literal Translation (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.) Additional Translations ... Context Job Laments His Birth…15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? 17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.… Cross References Job 3:15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest. Psalm 58:8 Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman's stillborn child, may they never see the sun. Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. Treasury of Scripture Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. an hidden. Psalm 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. 1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. Jump to Previous Abortion Birth Child Children Dead Discarded Existence Ground Hidden Infant Infants Light Miscarriage Stillborn Untimely YoungJump to Next Abortion Birth Child Children Dead Discarded Existence Ground Hidden Infant Infants Light Miscarriage Stillborn Untimely YoungJob 3 1. Job curses the day and services of his birth.13. The ease of death. 20. He complains of life, because of his anguish. (16) Untimely birth.--Another condition which would have relieved him from the experience of suffering.Verse 16. - Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. This is added as another way in which Job might have escaped his misery. Though conceived and brought to the birth, he might have been still-born, and so have known no suffering. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Orא֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's 176: Desire, if why was אֶהְיֶ֑ה (’eh·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be I not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no hidden טָ֭מוּן (ṭā·mūn) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 2934: To hide, conceal like a stillborn child, כְנֵ֣פֶל (ḵə·nê·p̄el) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5309: Something fallen, an abortion like an infant כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים (kə·‘ō·lə·lîm) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5768: A suckling who never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no sees רָ֥אוּ (rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7200: To see daylight? אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary Links Job 3:16 NIVJob 3:16 NLT Job 3:16 ESV Job 3:16 NASB Job 3:16 KJV Job 3:16 BibleApps.com Job 3:16 Biblia Paralela Job 3:16 Chinese Bible Job 3:16 French Bible Job 3:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 3:16 Or as a hidden untimely birth (Jb) |
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