Verse 10

because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 20:18 : 18 For the LORD had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
  • Gen 29:31 : 31 The Family of Jacob When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.
  • 1 Sam 1:5 : 5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, although the LORD had not enabled her to have children.
  • Job 6:2-3 : 2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! 3 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
  • Job 10:1 : 1 An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • 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 23:2 : 2 “Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
  • Eccl 6:3-5 : 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!” 4 Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, 5 though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man–
  • Eccl 11:10 : 10 Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
  • Jer 20:17 : 17 For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother’s womb my grave forever.