Verse 17

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:18-19 : 18 An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me! 19 I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave!
• Job 3:10-11 : 10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes! 11 Job Wishes He Had Died at Birth“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?
• Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?
• 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!”