Job 3:11

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

Died ... from the womb - why died I not as soon as I came forth from the womb?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Why died I not from the womb? - Why did I not die as soon as I was born? Why were any pains taken to keep me alive? The suggestion of this questi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? (h) This, and that which follows declares, that...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Lamentation. Here the later poem begins, and at once we pass into another world. The patient Job of the Volksbuch is gone, and we have instea...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Why... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. from . in, or within. give up the ghost . die. Hebrew. gava', to expire. Compare Job 10:18 ; J...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why died I not from the womb?— The LXX render it, in the womb. See Jeremiah 20:17 and Noldius, p. 153. The breasts that I should suck, in the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. (9) Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look fo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Why died I not from the womb ?.... That is, as soon as he came out of it; or rather, as soon as he was in it, or from the time that he was in it; or...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Why died I not from the womb? [why] did I [not] give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? Ver. 11. Why died I not from the womb? why did I n...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Why died I not from the womb? It would surely have been far better, and much happier for me, had I either expired in the womb where I received my l...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

From the womb, i.e. as soon as ever I was born, or come out of the womb. And the same thing is expressed in other words, which is an elegancy usual...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 3:5 . “ Let the blackness of the day terrify it .” Margin, “ Let them terrify it as those who have a bitter day ” The expression כִּמרִ...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 3:1 . After this opened Job his mouth. The Masoretic Jews, as well as our modern divines, seem agreed that Job now began the drama, and spak...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The "Historical Introduction" ended, we come upon a long colloquy, in which the several dramatis personae speak for themselves, the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Why died I not from the womb, immediately after birth? Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Longs for Death
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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

Related Commentaries of Job 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 3:11