Numbers 12:12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 Please don’t let her be like a dead baby[a] whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
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- Numbers 12:12 Ancient Jewish tradition reads [baby] who comes out of our mother’s womb and our flesh is half eaten away.
Numbers 12:12
International Children’s Bible
12 Don’t let her be like a baby who is born dead. (Sometimes a baby is born with half of its flesh eaten away.)”
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Psalm 58:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.(A)
Psalm 58:8
International Children’s Bible
8 Let them be like snails that melt as they move.
Let them be like a child born dead who never saw the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives,[a] if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial,(A) I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.(B)
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- Ecclesiastes 6:3 Lit how many years
Ecclesiastes 6:3
International Children’s Bible
3 It is sad when a person can’t enjoy the good things God gives him. Such a person might have 100 children. He might live a long time. But what good is it if he can’t enjoy the good God gives him? I say a baby who is born dead is better off than he is.
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