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Job 10:19 Cross-References
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“I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.”
Job 10:19 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 10:19
Job wishes for stillborn death: 'I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.' The phrase 'as though I had not been' (kelo hayiti, כְּלֹא הָיִיתִי) expresses desire for complete non-existence. Direct passage 'from womb to grave' (mibeten laqeber, מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר) describes stillbirth—never breathing, never knowing conscious existence. Job envisions this as preferable to his current suffering.The verse reveals suffering's power to make non-existence seem better than existence. Job doesn't merely want death now but retroactive non-existenc...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 10:19
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