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Job 3:16 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Job 3:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 3 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”
Job 3:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 3:16
Job wishes he had been 'as an hidden untimely birth'—a miscarriage buried without ceremony. The Hebrew 'nephel' (untimely birth/miscarriage) represents the ultimate obscurity—existence so brief it never achieves recognition. Job considers this preferable to his current suffering. The phrase 'as infants which never saw light' emphasizes that even momentary existence with subsequent suffering seems worse than never having lived at all from Job's current perspective.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 3:16
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“like the stillborn child”
“and lives many years”
“as to the child born at the wrong time”