because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
but unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
And when the Lord saw that Le´ah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abim´elech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?