Job 3:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?”

Job 3:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 3:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 3:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Job 3:11 — World English Bible

Job 3:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?”

Job 3:11 — American Standard Version

Job 3:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!”

Job 3:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 3:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Wherefore did I not die from the womb, — come forth from the belly and expire? ”

Job 3:11 — Darby Translation

Job 3:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Why died I not in the birth? or why dyed I not, when I came out of the wombe?”

Job 3:11 — Geneva Bible

Job 3:11 in Context — Job 3

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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

11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

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

13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

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What Does Job 3:11 Mean?

Job 3:11 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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