Job 3:10

New International Reader's Version

It didn’t keep my mother from letting me be born. It didn’t keep my eyes from seeing trouble.

Cross References

Genesis 20:18

The Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s house from having children. He had done it because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Genesis 29:31

The Lord saw that Jacob didn’t love Leah as much as he loved Rachel. So he let Leah have children. But Rachel wasn’t able to have children.

Job 10:1

“I’m sick of living. So I’ll talk openly about my problems. I’ll speak out because my spirit is bitter.

Job 23:2

“Even today my problems are more than I can handle. In spite of my groans, God’s hand is heavy on me.

Job 3:11

“Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?

Job 3:9

May its morning stars become dark. May it lose all hope of ever seeing daylight. May it not see the first light of the morning sun.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So drive worry out of your heart. Get rid of all your troubles. Being young and strong doesn’t have any meaning.

Jeremiah 20:17

He should have killed me in my mother’s body. He should have made my mother my grave. He should have let her body stay large forever.

1 Samuel 1:5

But he would give two shares of meat to Hannah. That’s because he loved her. He also gave her two shares because the Lord had kept her from having children.