Job 10:19
If only I had never existed, carried straight from the womb to the grave.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
KJV1611 – Modern English
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried{H2986} from the womb{H990} to the grave.{H6913}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried{H2986}{(H8714)} from the womb{H990} to the grave{H6913}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf they had caried me to my graue, as soone as I was borne, then shulde I be now, as though I had neuer bene.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And that I were as I had not bene, but brought from the wombe to the graue!
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And that I were as though I had not ben, but brought from the wombe to the graue.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Webster's Bible (1833)
I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,
American Standard Version (1901)
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
American Standard Version (1901)
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.
World English Bible (2000)
I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!
Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:8 : 8 May they vanish like water that flows away; when they aim their arrows, may they be blunted.
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