Job 10:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 10:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 10:19 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 10:19 — KJV
“I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.”
— Job 10:19 (KJV)
Job 10:19 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 10:19
“And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. bar...: Heb. with the bar”
Shares key themes with Job 10:19: should, carried
“And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 10:19: should, though
“Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 10:19: should, carried
“And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. forfeited: Heb. devoted”
Shares key themes with Job 10:19: should, carried
“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. to be destroyed...: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish”
Shares key themes with Job 10:19: should, though
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