King James Version
Job 10:19 in the King James Version says “I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. witnesses: that is, thy plagues
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!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little,
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“from the womb”
H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
“I should have been as though I had not been I should have been carried”
H2986properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
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