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title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Curse that day for failing to shut my mother’s womb, for letting me be born to see all this trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of my <i>mother's</i> womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Because it did not shut up the doors of my <i>mother’s</i> womb, Nor hide sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Because it did not shut the opening of my <i>mother’s</i> womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Because it did not shut the opening of my mother&#8217s womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Because it did not shut the opening of my <i>mother’s</i> womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Because it did not shut the opening of my <i>mother’s</i> body, Or hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Because it did not shut the doors of my <i>mother’s</i> womb, Nor hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For that night did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For that night did not shut the doors of my mother&#8217s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />because it let me be born into a world of trouble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />because it did not shut the doors of the womb [from which I came] or hide my eyes from trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Curse that night for letting me be born, for exposing me to trouble and grief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Because that night refused to shut the doors of my mother's womb; it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />because it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Because it prevented not my birth, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Because it has not shut the doors "" Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of my belly; and shall it hide the labor of mine eyes?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, nor took away evils from my eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because it did not keep shut the doors of the womb to shield my eyes from trouble! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide trouble from my eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because it shut not the doors of the womb of my mother nor hid pain from my eyes<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for <i>so</i> it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/3-10.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=436" 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">9</span>May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</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.">that night did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5462.htm" title="5462: sā·ḡar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To shut, close. A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender.">shut</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: dal·ṯê (N-fdc) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">the doors</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: ḇiṭ·nî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">of the womb</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: way·yas·têr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">to hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/5999.htm" title="5999: ‘ā·māl (N-ms) -- Trouble, labor, toil. From amal; toil, i.e. Wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. Of body or mind.">the sorrow</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: mê·‘ê·nāy (Prep-m:: N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">from my eyes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?…<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="/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="/job/10-18.htm">Job 10:18-19</a></span><br />Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me! / If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">Job 6:8-9</a></span><br />If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope: / that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-16.htm">Job 7:16</a></span><br />I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1-2</a></span><br />“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. / Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.<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="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-3</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-6</a></span><br />For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/139-13.htm">Psalm 139:13-16</a></span><br />For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. / I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. / My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ...<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/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-27.htm">John 12:27</a></span><br />Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-21.htm">Philippians 1:21-23</a></span><br />For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. / But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. So what shall I choose? I do not know. / I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.</p><p class="hdg">it shut not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-18.htm">Job 10:18,19</a></b></br> Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/20-18.htm">Genesis 20:18</a></b></br> For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-31.htm">Genesis 29:31</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw that Leah <i>was</i> hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel <i>was</i> barren.</p><p class="hdg">hid.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2,3</a></b></br> Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job 10:1</a></b></br> My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/23-2.htm">Job 23:2</a></b></br> Even to day <i>is</i> my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/3-3.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/job/1-21.htm">Body</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-30.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-24.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/judges/10-16.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/1-21.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/job/3-1.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-19.htm">Prevented</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/esther/9-22.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-20.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/job/1-21.htm">Womb</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/3-11.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Body</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/job/31-32.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/job/4-16.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/3-21.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/job/6-16.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/job/3-20.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Mother's</a> <a href="/job/11-5.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Prevented</a> <a href="/job/3-23.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/3-20.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/3-23.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/job/3-11.htm">Womb</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For that night</b><br>This phrase refers to the night of Job's conception or birth. In the context of Job's lament, he curses the day of his birth and the night of his conception, wishing it had never occurred. This reflects the depth of his despair. In ancient Near Eastern culture, the night was often associated with mystery and the unknown, which aligns with Job's desire for that night to be erased from existence.<p><b>did not shut the doors of the womb</b><br>The imagery of "shutting the doors of the womb" suggests preventing birth. In biblical times, the womb was often seen as a sacred space, and the opening of the womb was a divine act. This phrase indicates Job's wish that he had never been born, highlighting his intense suffering. The concept of God opening and closing the womb is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as in <a href="/genesis/20-18.htm">Genesis 20:18</a> and <a href="/1_samuel/1-5.htm">1 Samuel 1:5-6</a>, where God controls fertility.<p><b>to hide the sorrow from my eyes</b><br>Job desires that the sorrow he is experiencing would have been hidden from him by never being born. This reflects the human struggle with suffering and the desire to escape it. The theme of sorrow and suffering is central to the Book of Job, as Job grapples with the reasons for his intense pain. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical theme of God being aware of human suffering, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a>, where God is said to collect tears in a bottle, indicating His awareness and care for human sorrow.<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/t/the_womb.htm">The Womb</a></b><br>Symbolically represents the beginning of life. In this context, Job laments his birth, wishing that he had never been born to experience such sorrow.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sorrow.htm">Sorrow</a></b><br>Represents the intense grief and suffering Job is experiencing. It is a central theme in this chapter as Job expresses his deep anguish.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a part of the human experience, even for the righteous. Job's lament reminds us that it is okay to express our pain and sorrow to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_life.htm">The Sanctity of Life</a></b><br>Despite Job's lament, the Bible affirms the value and purpose of life. We are reminded to seek God's purpose even in our suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lament.htm">The Importance of Lament</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical way to process grief and sorrow. It allows us to bring our deepest emotions before God, trusting in His ultimate sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when we do not understand our suffering, we are called to trust in God's greater plan and His ability to bring good out of our pain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>Job's account highlights the need for compassionate support from others during times of suffering. We are encouraged to be present and supportive 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/what_is_the_dark_night_of_the_soul.htm">What is the Dark Night of the Soul?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_satan's_identity.htm">What is Satan's identity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_science_behind_job_38_8-11's_sea_limits.htm">In Job 38:8-11, is there any scientific basis for God setting literal boundaries for the sea as described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_9_7_poetic_or_literal.htm">In Job 9:7, the text suggests God can command the sun not to rise, but astronomy shows consistent solar cycles--does this imply poetic exaggeration or a literal event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb</span>; literally, <span class="accented">of my womb</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "of the womb which bare me." By a stretch of imagination, the night is supposed to have power to open or shut wombs, and is blamed for not having shut up the womb in which Job was conceived. <span class="cmt_word">Nor hid sorrow from mine eyes</span>; <span class="accented">i.e</span>. "and did not so prevent all the sorrows that have befallen me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/3-10.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that night did 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">shut</span><br /><span class="heb">סָ֭גַר</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḡar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5462.htm">Strong's 5462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, to surrender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the doors</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּלְתֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(dal·ṯê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1817.htm">Strong's 1817: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something swinging, the valve of a, door</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the womb</span><br /><span class="heb">בִטְנִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(ḇiṭ·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to hide</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yas·têr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sorrow</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֝מָ֗ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·māl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5999.htm">Strong's 5999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from my eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעֵינָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ê·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - cdc | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/3-10.htm">Job 3:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/3-10.htm">OT Poetry: Job 3:10 Because it didn't shut up the doors (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/3-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 3:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 3:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/3-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 3:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 3:11" /></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>