Verse Comparison: Job 3:16
American Standard Version
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Amplified® Bible
Or [why] was I not a miscarriage, hidden {and} put away, 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.
Darby English Version
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
Good News Bible
or sleeping like a stillborn child.
King James Version
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
New American Standard Bible
"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
New International Version
Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
New King James Version
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Or like a miscarriage which had become discarded, I would not have existed, As infants that never saw light.
Revised Standard Version
Or why was I not as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never see the light?
Young's Literal Translation
(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)
