King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Or I could have been like a hidden, miscarried child that never saw light.
Berean Standard Bible:
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
American Standard Version:
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Or as an hidden{H2934} untimely birth{H5309} I had not been; as infants{H5768} which never saw{H7200} light{H216}.
Cross-References (KJV):
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.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
- If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
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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Commentary for Job 3:16
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2934
There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: טָמַן
Transliteration: ṭâman
Pronunciation: taw-man'
Description: a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); hide, lay privily, in secret. - Strong's Number: H5309
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֶפֶל
Transliteration: nephel
Pronunciation: neh'-fel
Description: or נֵפֶל; from נָפַל; something fallen, i.e. an abortion; untimely birth. - Strong's Number: H5768
There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עוֹלֵל
Transliteration: ʻôwlêl
Pronunciation: o-lale'
Description: or עֹלָל; from עוּל; a suckling; babe, (young) child, infant, little one. - Strong's Number: H7200
There are 1212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָאָה
Transliteration: râʼâh
Pronunciation: raw-aw'
Description: a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions. - Strong's Number: H216
There are 191 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אוֹר
Transliteration: ʼôwr
Pronunciation: ore
Description: from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.