Job 3:16

Easy To Read Version

Why wasn’t I a child who died at birth\par and was buried in the ground?\par I wish I were like a baby\par that never saw the light of day.\par

Cross References

Job 10:19

I wish I had never lived.\par I wish I had been carried\par from my mother’s womb\par straight to the grave.\par

Job 3:15

I wish I were buried with those rulers\par that filled their graves {\cf2\super [10]} \par with gold and silver!\par

Job 3:17

Bad people stop making trouble\par when they are in the grave.\par And people who are tired\par find rest in the grave.\par

Psalm 58:8

May they be like snails melting away\par as they move.\par May they be like a baby\par that was born dead\par and never saw the light of day.\par

Psalm 58:9

May they be destroyed quickly like thorns\par that burn too fast to heat the pot.\par

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And things are even better \{for people that die at birth! Why? Because\} they never saw the evil that is done in this world. {\cf2\super [20]}

Ecclesiastes 6:3

A person might live a long time. And that person might have 100 children. But if that person is not satisfied with those good things, and if no one remembers him after his death, then I say that a baby that dies at birth is better off than that man.

1 Corinthians 15:8

Last of all, Christ showed himself to me. \{I was different,\} like a baby that is born before the normal time.