King James Version
Job 3:16 in the King James Version says “Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.” — study this verse from Job chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”
Job 3:16 · KJV
With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. weary: Heb. wearied in strength
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
KJV Study — Public Domain
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)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“which never saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
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