Job 3:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 58:8 : 8 Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years– even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity– even if he were to live forever– I would say,“A stillborn child is better off than he is!”
  • 1 Cor 15:8 : 8 Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.

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