1. Job 3:11 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 3:11 (Summary)

Job 3:11 (ESV)

11 “Why did I not die at birth, come out from the womb and expire?

Since Job’s conception and birth had come to pass, he now wishes that he could have died right before or after birth. The prophet Jeremiah would also wish that his mother had become his grave (Jeremiah 20:17).

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