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!In other versions
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
ASV
Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,
BBE
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.
DBY
"'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
WEB
And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
YLT
Wherefore then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me!
ENG
Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!
WBT
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
BSB
In context
16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,