Job 3:16

New International Reader's Version

Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?

Cross References

Job 10:19

I wish I’d never been born! I wish I’d been carried straight from my mother’s body to the grave!

Job 3:15

I’d be with princes who used to have gold. They had filled their houses with silver.

Job 3:17

In the grave, sinful people don’t cause trouble anymore. And there tired people find rest.

Psalm 58:8

Let them be like a slug that melts away as it moves along. Let them be like a baby that is born dead and never sees the sun.

Psalm 58:9

Evil people will be swept away before burning thorns can heat a pot. And it doesn’t matter if the thorns are green or dry.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But someone who hasn’t been born yet is better off than the dead or the living. That’s because that person hasn’t seen the evil things that are done on earth.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

A man might have a hundred children. He might live a long time. But suppose he can’t enjoy his wealth. And suppose he isn’t buried in the proper way. Then it doesn’t matter how long he lives. I’m telling you that a baby that is born dead is better off than that man is.

1 Corinthians 15:8

Last of all, he also appeared to me. I was like someone who wasn’t born at the right time.