Job 3:11-22
New King James Version
11 “Why(A) did I not die at birth?
Why did I not [a]perish when I came from the womb?
12 (B)Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet,
I would have been asleep;
Then I would have been at rest
14 With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who (C)built ruins for themselves,
15 Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver;
16 Or why was I not hidden (D)like a stillborn child,
Like infants who never saw light?
17 There the wicked cease from troubling,
And there the [b]weary are at (E)rest.
18 There the prisoners [c]rest together;
(F)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.
20 “Why(G) is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the (H)bitter of soul,
21 Who (I)long[d] for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than (J)hidden treasures;
22 Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the (K)grave?
Job 3:11-22
New International Version
11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
and die as I came from the womb?(A)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(B)
and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(C) in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest(D)
14 with kings and rulers of the earth,(E)
who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,(F)
15 with princes(G) who had gold,
who filled their houses with silver.(H)
16 Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,(I)
like an infant who never saw the light of day?(J)
17 There the wicked cease from turmoil,(K)
and there the weary are at rest.(L)
18 Captives(M) also enjoy their ease;
they no longer hear the slave driver’s(N) shout.(O)
19 The small and the great are there,(P)
and the slaves are freed from their owners.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
New King James Version
3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or (A)indeed he has no burial, I say that (B)a [a]stillborn child is better than he—
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- Ecclesiastes 6:3 Or miscarriage
Ecclesiastes 6:3
New International Version
3 A man may have a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy his prosperity and does not receive proper burial, I say that a stillborn(A) child is better off than he.(B)
Luke 23:29
New King James Version
29 (A)For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’
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Luke 23:29
New International Version
29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’(A)
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