18Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!


In Context

15 If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou my affliction;

16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself wonderful upon me.

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thy indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

18 Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!

19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Job 10:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:18"Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:18Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb: O that I had been consumed that eye might not see me!

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18|'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:18Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!