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
English Standard Version
18 (A)“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19 (B)and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 (C)Are not my days few?
(D)Then cease, and leave me alone, (E)that I may find a little cheer
21 before I go—and (F)I shall not return—
to the land of (G)darkness and (H)deep shadow,
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”
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