Job 10:18-22
New American Standard Bible
18 ‘(A)Why then did You bring me out of the womb?
If only I had died and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been,
Brought from womb to tomb.’
20 Would He not leave (B)my few days alone?
[a](C)Withdraw from me so that I may have a little cheerfulness
21 Before I go—(D)and I shall not return—
(E)To the land of darkness and (F)deep shadow,
22 The land of utter gloom like darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And it shines like darkness.”
Footnotes
- Job 10:20 Lit Put
Job 10:18-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 “ ‘Why did you bring me forth from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me(A)
19 and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not the days of my life few?[a]
Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort[b](B)
21 before I go, never to return,
to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
22 the land of gloom[c] and chaos,
where light is like darkness.’ ”
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