Job 10:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 10:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 10:18 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 10:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.”

Job 10:18 — World English Bible

Job 10:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.”

Job 10:18 — American Standard Version

Job 10:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.”

Job 10:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 10:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.”

Job 10:18 — Darby Translation

Job 10:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!”

Job 10:18 — Geneva Bible

Job 10:18 in Context — Job 10

16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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!

19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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What Does Job 10:18 Mean?

Job 10:18 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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