Job 3:11 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 3:11

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 “Why^a 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

14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who ^abuilt ruins for themselves,

15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;

Verse Comparison: Job 3:11

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

Amplified® Bible
Why was I not stillborn? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bore me?

Contemporary English Version
Why didn't I die at birth?

Darby English Version
Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?

Good News Bible
I wish I had died in my mother's womb or died the moment I was born.

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?

New American Standard Bible
"Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

New International Version
"Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?

New King James Version
“Why did I not die at birth?
Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire?

Revised Standard Version
"Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?

Young's Literal Translation
Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

New English Translation
“Why did I not¹ die² at birth,³ and why did I not expire as⁴ I came out of the womb?