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Job 3:11

3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

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“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

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 I came out of the belly?

3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

What does Job 3:11 mean?

Job 3:11 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מוּת (mûwth), רֶחֶם (rechem), גָּוַע (gâvaʻ). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Why
diedמוּתmûwth/mooth/H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
I
not
from
the
womb?רֶחֶםrechem/rekh'-em/H7358the womb
why
did
I
not
give
up
the
ghostגָּוַעgâvaʻ/gaw-vah'/H1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
when
I
came
outיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
of
the
belly?בֶּטֶןbeṭen/beh'-ten/H990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything

Commentary on Job 3:11

HENRY_FULL · Job 3:11
997" A very black and mournful scene here opens, and which threatens the ruin of all the people of God. Were there not some such dark nights, the light of the morning would not be so welcome. I. Haman is made the king's favourite, ver. 1 . II. Mordecai refuses to give him the honour he demands, ver. 2-4 . III. Haman, for his sake, vows to be revenged upon all the Jews, ver. 5, 6 . IV. He, upon a malicious suggestion, obtains an order from the king to have them all massacred upon a certain day, ver. 7-13 . V. This order is dispersed through the kingdom, ver. 14, 15 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 41:43

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. Bow: or, Tender father: Heb. Abrech

Exodus 17:14

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Exodus 17:16

For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. Because: or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc the LORD hath: Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD

Deuteronomy 25:19

Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

Job 3:1

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. stain: or, challenge let the: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day

Psalms 15:4

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Philippians 2:10

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 3:11.

1 Samuel 17:35

And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

1 Samuel 25:37

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

Job 10:18

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?

Psalms 22:10

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Psalms 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. as soon: Heb. from the belly

Frequently asked questions

What does Job 3:11 say?

Job 3:11 (King James Version) reads: "Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?"

Is Job 3:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 3:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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