Job 3:9-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁹Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day’s dawning,

¹⁰Because it shut not the doors of my mother’s womb nor hid sorrow and trouble from my eyes.

¹¹Why was I not stillborn? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bore me?

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Job 3:9-11

King James Version

⁹Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

¹⁰Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

¹¹Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

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Job 3:9-11

New King James Version

⁹May the stars of its morning be dark;
May it look for light, but have none,
And not see the ^[a]dawning of the day;
¹⁰Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb,
Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

¹¹“Why^(A) did I not die at birth?
Why did I not ^[b]perish when I came from the womb?

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Footnotes

Job 3:9 eyelids of the dawn
Job 3:11 expire

Job 3:9-11

New International Version

⁹May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,^(A)
¹⁰for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

¹¹“Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?^(B)

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