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Job 10:19

Job 10:19
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Are not my days few?.... They are so, the days of every man are but few; see Job 14:1; the remainder of Job's days were but few; considering the course of nature, and especially the sore afflictions…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I should have been carried from the womb to the grave - See the notes at Job 3:16.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 10:14-22

Here we have,

I. Job's passionate complaints. On this harsh and unpleasant string he harps much, in which, though he cannot be justified, he may be excused. He complained not for nothing, as the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 10:18-19

Perplexed even to despair by this idea of the purpose of God Job asks, Why God ever gave him existence at all? and as in ch. Job 3:11 seq. wishes he had never seen life.

hast thou brought didst thou…

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