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.’ ”
Job 10:18-22
Common English Bible
Death wish
18 Why did you let me emerge from the womb?
I wish I had died without any eye seeing me.
19 Then I would be just as if I hadn’t existed,
taken from the belly to the grave.
20 Aren’t my few days coming to an end?
Look away from me so I can brighten up a little
21 before I go and don’t return
to a land of deepest darkness,
22 a land whose light is like gloom,
utter darkness and confusion,
such that light shines like gloom.
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