Catholic Public Domain Version
"Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish? "
— Job 3:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?”
“Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me? ”
“"Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?”
“Job Wishes He Had Died at Birth“Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?”
“Why did I not die in the womb? why did I not perish when I came out of the belly?”
“Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?”
“Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?”
May they curse it, who curse the day, who are prepared to awaken a leviathan.
Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.
For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.
Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,