Job 3:16New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants—they have not seen light.)
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Or as a hidden untimely birth, I should not be; or as they that, being conceived, have not seen the light.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Or as an hidden vntimely birth, I had not bene; as infants [which] neuer saw light.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Or like a hidden untimely birth, as if I had not been; like infants that never saw the light.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light. |
Or
x176 (0176) Complementאוֹ'ow{o}
The first form is presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of the second form which is short for H0185; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if.
as an hidden
2934 {2934} Primeטָמַןtaman{taw-man'}
A primitive root; to hide (by covering over).
z8803 <8803> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 1415
untimely birth
5309 {5309} Primeנֶפֶלnephel{neh'-fel}
From H5307; something fallen, that is, an abortion.
I had not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
been;
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
as infants
5768 {5768} Primeעוֹלֵל`owlel{o-lale'}
From H5763; a suckling.
[ which] never
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
saw
7200 {7200} Primeרָאָהra'ah{raw-aw'}
A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitively, intransitively and causatively).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
light.
216 {0216} Primeאוֹר'owr{ore}
From H0215; illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.). |
Job 3:16
Hidden — Undiscerned and unregarded. Born before the due time. Been — In the land of the living. |
- an hidden:
Psalms 58:8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
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