Holy Scripture

Job 10:19

A church father on this verse
“Someone could think that Job's statement comes from desperation, but that is proven wrong by what God has said: "Do you believe I treated you like this for any other reason than to reveal your righteousness?" Job, who previously had said, "If I am wicked, woe to me," does not contradict this assumption but reveals the…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 10:18-22

Source: Septuagint

Original

19And I become as if I had not been? For why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

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17Renewing against me my torture: And thou hast dealt with me in great anger, And thou hast brought trials upon me.

18Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? And why did I not die, and no eye see me,

— Job 10:19 —

20Is not the time of my life short? Suffer me to rest a little,

21Before I go whence I shall not return, To a land of darkness and gloominess;

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