11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Job 3:11
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15 or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. 16 Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight? 17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
Job 3:2–4
2 And this is what he said: 3 “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’ 4 If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Job 3:19–21
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2 Esdras 5:34–36
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Job 15:6–8
6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you. 7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? 8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
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