For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Job 3:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because it shut not the doors of my mother's womb nor hid sorrow and trouble from my eyes. American Standard Version (1901) Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes. Common English Bible because it didn’t close the doors of my mother’s womb, didn’t hide trouble from my eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. |
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Even today is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and the prime of life are vanity.
because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother should have been my grave, and her womb always great.
but unto Hannah he gave a double portion: for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.