For the Lord had closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Job 3:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb and hide trouble from my eyes. More versionsKing 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 closed fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none; may it not see the eyelids of the morning—
Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
because he did not kill me in the womb; so my mother would have been my grave and her womb forever pregnant.
but to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.