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.


In Context

15 If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.

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.

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

20 Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:18Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, 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!