For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Job 3:10 - Tree of Life Version For it did not shut the doors of the womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because it shut not the doors of my mother's womb nor hid sorrow and trouble from my eyes. American Standard Version (1901) Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes. Common English Bible because it didn’t close the doors of my mother’s womb, didn’t hide trouble from my eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. |
For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Now Adonai saw that Leah was unloved, so he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
“I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak out of the bitterness of my soul.
“Even today my complaint is rebellious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn.
So banish anxiety from your heart and cast off distress from your body, for youth and prime of life are fleeting.
since he did not kill me in the womb, so my mother might have been my grave—her womb filled forever.
but to Hannah he would give only one portion—even though he loved Hannah—for Adonai had closed her womb.