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9 May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the1 dawning of the day; 
10 Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Whya did I not die at birth?
Why did I not1 perish when I came from the womb? 
12 aWhy did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse? 
13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Job 3:11

Why died I not from the womb - As the other circumstance did not take place, why was I not still-born, without the possibility of reviviscence? or, as this did not occur, why did I not die as soon as born? These three things appear to me to be clearly intended here: -

1.Dying in the womb, or never coming to maturity, as in the case of an abortion.

2.Being still-born, without ever being able to breathe.

3.Or, if born alive, dying within a short time after. And to these states he seems to refer in the following verses.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Job 3:11:

Genesis 25:8

 

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