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as infants <i>which</i> never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Or <i>why</i> was I not hidden like a stillborn child, Like infants who never saw light?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden, I would not exist, As infants that never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Or <i>why</i> was I not like a miscarriage hidden away, As infants that never saw light?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden <i>and</i> put away, I would not exist, Like infants who never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I wish I had been born dead and then buried, never to see the light of day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I would be buried like a stillborn baby. I would not exist. I would be like infants who never saw the light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />or sleeping like a stillborn child. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />(Or I am not as a hidden abortion, "" As infants—they have not seen light.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Or as a hidden abortion I shall not be; as children they saw not light.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Or as a hidden untimely birth I should not be, or as they that being conceived have not seen the light. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Or why was I not buried away like a stillborn child, like babies that have never seen the light? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like an infant that never sees the light?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Or like a hidden untimely birth, as if I had not been; like infants that never saw the light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or like a miscarriage buried where I had not been, and like embryos who did not see the light<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; As infants that never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />or <i>I should have been</i> as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/3-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=469" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/3.htm">Job Laments His Birth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">Or</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ’eh·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">why was</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2934.htm" title="2934: ṭā·mūn (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide.">hidden</a> <a href="/hebrew/5309.htm" title="5309: ḵə·nê·p̄el (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- Miscarriage, abortion. Or nephel; from naphal; something fallen, i.e. An abortion.">like a stillborn child,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5768.htm" title="5768: kə·‘ō·lə·lîm (Prep-k:: N-mp) -- A child. Or lolal; from uwl; a suckling.">like an infant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">who never</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">sees</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: ’ō·wr (N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">daylight?</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:3-5</a></span><br />A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. / For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity. / The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Jeremiah 20:14-18</a></span><br />Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. / Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. / May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Psalm 58:8</a></span><br />Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-15.htm">Psalm 139:15-16</a></span><br />My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. / Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:2-3</a></span><br />So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive. / But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Isaiah 38:10-12</a></span><br />I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” / I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world. / My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24</a></span><br />The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm">Psalm 88:10-12</a></span><br />Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah / Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? / Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-8.htm">1 Corinthians 15:8</a></span><br />And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-9.htm">Psalm 22:9-10</a></span><br />Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast. / From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Isaiah 49:1</a></span><br />Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-29.htm">Luke 23:29</a></span><br />Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16-19</a></span><br />To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” / And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18-19</a></span><br />Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. / And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.</p><p class="hdg">an hidden.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Psalm 58:8</a></b></br> As a snail <i>which</i> melteth, let <i>every one of them</i> pass away: <i>like</i> the untimely birth of a woman, <i>that</i> they may not see the sun.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/15-8.htm">1 Corinthians 15:8</a></b></br> And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-8.htm">Abortion</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/job/3-3.htm">Child</a> <a href="/job/1-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-19.htm">Discarded</a> <a href="/judges/21-17.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/job/2-13.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Infant</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-13.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Light</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-21.htm">Miscarriage</a> <a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Stillborn</a> <a href="/revelation/6-13.htm">Untimely</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-8.htm">Abortion</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/job/6-27.htm">Child</a> <a href="/job/5-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/6-27.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Discarded</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-24.htm">Existence</a> <a href="/job/5-6.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/job/3-21.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Infant</a> <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Infants</a> <a href="/job/3-20.htm">Light</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Miscarriage</a> <a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Stillborn</a> <a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Untimely</a> <a href="/job/4-10.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Job 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-1.htm">Job curses the day and services of his birth.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-13.htm">The ease of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/3-20.htm">He complains of life, because of his anguish.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of being "hidden like a stillborn child" reflects the cultural understanding of death and birth in the ancient Near East, where stillbirths were seen as tragic but also as a form of escape from the suffering of life. This sentiment is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 6:3-5</a>, where a stillborn child is described as having more rest than someone who lives a long life without fulfillment. Job's lament highlights the depth of his despair and the intensity of his suffering, which is a central theme throughout the book.<p><b>like an infant who never sees daylight?</b><br>The reference to an infant who never sees daylight emphasizes the idea of never experiencing the trials and tribulations of life. In biblical times, light often symbolizes life, knowledge, and divine presence, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4-5</a>, where light is associated with life and the overcoming of darkness. Job's wish to have never seen daylight underscores his desire to have been spared the pain and anguish he is enduring. This longing for non-existence can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament's promise of eternal life and rest in Christ, where believers are assured of a future without suffering (<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>). Job's struggle and his questioning of existence foreshadow the ultimate redemption and hope found in Jesus Christ, who offers light and life to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, known for his immense suffering and perseverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_lament.htm">Job's Lament</a></b><br>This chapter is part of Job's lament, where he curses the day of his birth and expresses his deep anguish and desire for relief from his suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Job's lament highlights the depth of human suffering and the struggle to find meaning in pain. It is important to acknowledge and validate the feelings of those who suffer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a></b><br>Despite Job's wish to have been stillborn, the Bible consistently affirms the value and purpose of every life. We are reminded of God's sovereignty and care from conception.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_despair.htm">Faith Amidst Despair</a></b><br>Even in his despair, Job does not turn away from God. This teaches us the importance of maintaining faith and seeking God, even when we do not understand our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_support.htm">Empathy and Support</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him, though they later falter. This reminds us of the importance of offering genuine support and empathy to those in distress.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_mention_infants_dashed_in_bible.htm">Why does the Bible mention infants dashed to pieces?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_sinless_if_all_have_sinned.htm">Given Job 16:17, how does the text account for Job's apparent sinlessness despite broader biblical teachings that 'all have sinned' (Romans 3:23)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_job_16_18_outside_bible.htm">In Job 16:18, is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting this lament outside of the biblical narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Untimely birth.</span>--Another condition which would have relieved him from the experience of suffering.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light</span>. This is added as another way in which Job might have escaped his misery. Though conceived and brought to the birth, he might have been still-born, and so have known no suffering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/3-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">why was</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶהְיֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(’eh·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hidden</span><br /><span class="heb">טָ֭מוּן</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2934.htm">Strong's 2934: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a stillborn child,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְנֵ֣פֶל</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·nê·p̄el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5309.htm">Strong's 5309: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something fallen, an abortion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like an infant</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(kə·‘ō·lə·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5768.htm">Strong's 5768: </a> </span><span class="str2">A suckling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who never</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sees</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֥אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">daylight?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֽוֹר׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/3-16.htm">Job 3:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/3-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 3:16 Or as a hidden untimely birth (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/3-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 3:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 3:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/3-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 3:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 3:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>