16Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?


In Context

13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,

15 with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

16 Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?

17 There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

18 Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver's shout.

Job 3:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:16(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants — they have not seen light.)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.