Job 3:11-19

Job 3:11-19

[11] Why died  I not from the womb?  why did I not give up the ghost  when I came out  of the belly?  [12] Why did the knees  prevent  me? or why the breasts  that I should suck?  [13] For now should I have lain still  and been quiet,  I should have slept:  then had I been at rest,  [14] With kings  and counsellors  of the earth,  which built  desolate places  for themselves; [15] Or with princes  that had gold,  who filled  their houses  with silver:  [16] Or as an hidden  untimely birth  I had not been; as infants  which never saw  light.  [17] There the wicked  cease  from troubling;  and there the weary  be at rest.  [18] There the prisoners  rest  together;  they hear  not the voice  of the oppressor.  [19] The small  and great  are there; and the servant  is free  from his master. 

What does Job 3:11-19 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Another acceptable alternative to Job was that he had been stillborn, miscarried, or died immediately after birth. All the past joys in his life could not compensate for the present misery he felt. The rest of death was better than the turmoil of life for him now that he was suffering.