BibleHearthNew International Version (NIV)
16Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never saw the light of day?
Job 3:16
Job 3:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
16“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden, I would not exist,
As infants that never saw light.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
16“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
16Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
like an infant who never sees daylight?
American Standard Version (ASV)
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
As infants that never saw light.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
16Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
16or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
as infants who never saw light.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
16Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead?
Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
16My parents should have buried me,
like a child that is born dead.
I would never have seen the light of day.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
16(Or I am not as a hidden abortion, || As infants—they have not seen light.)