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Let the stars of its dawn be dark;
let it hope for light but[a] there be none,
and let it not see the eyelids of dawn
10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
nor[b] did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Job Wishes He Had Died

11 “Why did I not die at[c] birth?
Why did I not come forth from the womb and expire?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:9 Hebrew “and”
  2. Job 3:10 Hebrew “And”
  3. Job 3:11 Literally “from”

May its morning stars become dark;
    may it wait for daylight in vain
    and not see the first rays of dawn,(A)
10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me
    to hide trouble from my eyes.

11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
    and die as I came from the womb?(B)

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