Job 3:10 “For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow f…”

Job 3:10

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

World English Bible

because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

American Standard Version

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.

Darby Translation

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

Young's Literal Translation

Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

Bible in Basic English

Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

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Cross references

“it shut not”

Genesis 20:18 Ecclesiastes 6:3–5 Jeremiah 20:17 Genesis 29:31 1 Samuel 1:5 Job 10:18

Genesis 20:18 · BSB

for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

Ecclesiastes 6:3–5 · BSB

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off…

Jeremiah 20:17 · BSB

because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

Genesis 29:31 · BSB

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

1 Samuel 1:5 · BSB

But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.

Job 10:18 · BSB

Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

“hid”

Job 10:1 Job 23:2 Ecclesiastes 11:10 Job 6:2 Job 6:3

Job 10:1 · BSB

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 23:2 · BSB

“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Ecclesiastes 11:10 · BSB

So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

Job 6:2 · BSB

“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

Job 6:3 · BSB

For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

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