Job 3:11

God's Word

“Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb?

Cross References

Job 3:10

because it did not shut the doors of the womb ⌞from which I came⌟ or hide my eyes from trouble.

Job 3:12

Why did knees welcome me? Why did breasts let me nurse?

Psalm 58:8

Let them become like a snail that leaves behind a slimy trail or like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.

Psalm 71:6

I depended on you before I was born. You took me from my mother’s womb. My songs of praise constantly speak about you.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But the person who hasn’t been born yet is better off than both of them. He hasn’t seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

Suppose a rich person wasn’t satisfied with good things ⌞while he was alive⌟ and didn’t even get an honorable burial ⌞after he died⌟. Suppose he had a hundred children and lived for many years. No matter how long he would have lived, it ⌞still⌟ would have been better for him to have been born dead.

Ecclesiastes 6:5

Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, the baby finds more rest than the rich person.

Isaiah 46:3

Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, the few people left of the nation of Israel. I’ve carried you since your birth. I’ve taken care of you from the time you were born.

Jeremiah 15:10

I’m so miserable! Why did my mother give birth to me? I am a man who argues and quarrels with the whole earth. I have never lent or borrowed anything. Yet, everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 20:17

If only he had killed me while I was in the womb. Then my mother would have been my grave, and she would have always been pregnant.

Hosea 9:14

Lord, give them what they deserve. Make the women miscarry, or else make them unable to nurse their babies.