Tree of Life Version
Job 3:10
10For it did not shut the doors of the womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
Job 3:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because it did not shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.
Context of Job 3:10
8May those who curse, curse the day— those ready to awaken Leviathan. 9May its morning stars be darkened; may it hope for light but have none— may it never see the eyelids of dawn. For it did not shut the doors of the womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. 11Why did I not die at birth and expire as I exited the womb? 12Why did the knees welcome me, and breasts that I might nurse?
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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א סָ֭גַר דַּלְתֵ֣י בִטְנִ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר עָ֝מָ֗ל מֵעֵינָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 3:10
- Job 10:18“Why then did You bring me out from the womb? I should have died so no eye would have seen me.
- Genesis 20:18For Adonai had completely locked up every womb in Abimelech’s household because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
- Genesis 29:31Now Adonai saw that Leah was unloved, so he opened her womb; but Rachel was unable to conceive.
- 1 Samuel 1:5but to Hannah he would give only one portion—even though he loved Hannah—for Adonai had closed her womb.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3Even if a man should father a hundred children and live many years, however many the days of his years may be, yet his soul is never satisfied with his prosperity and he does not have a proper burial, then I say that it is better for the stillborn than him.
- Jeremiah 20:17since he did not kill me in the womb, so my mother might have been my grave—her womb filled forever.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed on the scales.
- Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak out of the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is rebellious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
- Ecclesiastes 11:10So banish anxiety from your heart and cast off distress from your body, for youth and prime of life are fleeting.
Commentaries on Job 3:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Because it shut not up the doors - Here is the reason why he curses the day and the night in which he was conceived and born; because, had he never been brought into existence, he would never have seen trouble. It seems, however, very harsh that he should have wished the destruction of his mother, in order that his birth might have been prevented; and I rather think Job's execration did not extend thus far. The Targum understands the passage as speaking…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Because it shut not up - That is, because the accursed day and night did not do it. Aben Ezra supposes that God is meant here, and that the complaint of Job is that he did not close his mother‘s womb. But the more natural interpretation is to refer it to the ́ Nuchthēmeroi - the night and the day which he had been cursing, on which he was born. Throughout the description the day and the night are personified, and are spoken of as active in introducing…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10shut the doors of the womb: Closing or opening the womb can mean conception (Genesis 16:2; 20:18; 29:31; 30:22; 1 Samuel 1:5–6). But here it means birth (see also Job 38:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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