Job 3:10

In 11 translations

BSB

For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

KJV

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

WEB

because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

ASV

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

LSV

Because it has not shut the doors || Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from my eyes.

YLT

Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

DBY

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

DRC

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes.

GNV

Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.

JPS

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

LXXE

because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for so it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οὐ συνέκλεισε πύλας γαστρὸς μητρός μου, ἀπήλλαξε γὰρ ἂν πόνον ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 20:18for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
• Jeremiah 20:17because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.
• Ecclesiastes 6:3–5A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better…
• Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Ecclesiastes 11:10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
• Job 6:2–3“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales. For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
• 1 Samuel 1:5But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
• Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
• Job 10:18–19Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me! If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

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