Job 3:16
“Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Or as an hidden untimely birth,.... Or "hid, as one born out of time", as Mr. Broughton reads it; the Septuagint use the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Or as an hidden untimely birth - As an abortion which is hid, or concealed; that is, which is soon removed from the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 3:11-19
Job, perhaps reflecting upon himself for his folly in wishing he had never been born, follows it, and thinks to mend it,…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
With strong revulsion from the anguish of life Job desires even if possible a deeper death than to have died when born,…