Job 10:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. 15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. 16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Matt 26:24 : 24 {G3303} The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Job 3:10-11 : 10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 14:10 : 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Jer 15:10 : 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 10:19-21
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19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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Job 3:10-12
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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?
12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Jer 20:17-18
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17Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Job 3:16
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16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 14:13
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13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 3:3
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3Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Jer 20:14
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14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Job 10:10
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10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Job 10:8
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Ps 22:9-10
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9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
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Job 6:9-11
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9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Job 10:17
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17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Job 17:1
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Job 7:15-16
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15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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Job 31:15
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Isa 38:10-11
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Job 23:17
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17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 17:15
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15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Job 7:8
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Job 14:3
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Job 7:11-12
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Job 7:20-21
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Ps 88:14
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Lam 3:6
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Job 30:19
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Job 13:24
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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
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29If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
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Job 13:14
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14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job 10:1-2
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72%
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Ps 89:47
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Ps 39:10
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Ezek 16:5
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Jonah 4:3
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