- he slew:
- "Because¹ it shut not upª°¹ the doorsª of my [mother's] womb,ª nor hidª° sorrowª from mine eyes.ª¹ ... Why¹ diedª° I not¹ from the womb?ª¹ [why] did I [not] give up the ghostª° when I came outª° of the belly?ª¹" {Job 3:10-11} + "Or¹ as an hiddenª° untimely birthª I had not¹ been;¹ as infantsª [which] never¹ sawª° light.ª" {Job 3:16} + "Wherefore¹ then hast thou brought me forthª° out of the womb?ª¹ Oh that I had given up the ghost,ª° and no¹ eyeª had seenª° me! ... I should have been¹ as though¹ I had not¹ been;¹ I should have been carriedª° from the wombª¹ to the grave.ª" {Job 10:18-19} + "If¹ a manª begetª° an hundredª [children], and liveª° manyª years,ª so that the daysª of his yearsª be¹¹ many,ª and his soulª be not¹ filledª° with¹ good,ª and also¹ [that] he have¹ no¹ burial;ª I say,ª° [that] an untimely birthª [is] betterª than¹ he." {Ecc 6:3}
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