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Job 10:18 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Job 10:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 10 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!”
Job 10:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 10:18
Job wishes he had never been born: 'Wherefore 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 question 'Wherefore' (lammah, לָּמָה) demands reason for God bringing Job to birth. The phrase 'given up the ghost' (gava, גָּוַע) means to expire or perish—Job wishes he had died at birth. 'No eye had seen me' expresses desire for non-existence, never entering human observation.Job's death wish intensifies—earlier he cursed his birthday (chapter 3); now he questions why God gave him life at all. The lament assumes God's agency in birth, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 10:18
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“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
“and is laid low. Yes”
“nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.”
“even as it is written of him”
“my mother”