17 because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged. 18 Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
Jeremiah 20:17–18
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Job 3:10–12
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Job 10:17–19
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Job 3:19–21
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Job 3:2–4
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2 Esdras 5:34–36
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2 Maccabees 7:21–23
21 She exhorted each one of them in the language of their fathers, filled with a noble spirit and stirring up her woman’s thoughts with manly courage, saying to them, (WEB) 22 “I don’t know how you came into my womb. It wasn’t I who gave you your spirit and your life. It… (WEB) 23 … (WEB)
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