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Summary

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

Bible References

He slew

Job 3:10
because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
Job 10:18
"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
Ecclesiastes 6:3
Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years -- even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity -- even if he were to live forever -- I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!"

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