Job 10:19 Go deeper

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. (KJV)

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כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust as

Lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834D

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: as which

Used 511 times. Also: Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834D; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 1

לֹא\־lo'-not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 2

הָיִ֣יתִיha.Yi.tiI had been

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 3

אֶהְיֶ֑ה'eh.YehI was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 4

מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenfrom [the] womb

Lemma: בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) · Strong's: H0990H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: belly: womb

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:23, Genesis 25:24, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 38:27, Numbers 5:22, Numbers 5:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0990H; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 5

לַקֶּ֥בֶרla.Ke.verto the grave

Lemma: קֶ֫בֶר (qe.ver) · Strong's: H6913

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: grave

Used 67 times. Also: Genesis 23:4, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 49:30, Genesis 50:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6913; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 6

אוּבָֽל\׃'u.ValI was brought

Lemma: יָבַל (ya.val) · Strong's: H2986

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVHi1cs)

Meaning: to conduct

Used 18 times. Also: Job 21:30, Job 21:32, Psalms 45:14, Psalms 45:15, Psalms 60:9, Psalms 68:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2986; TAHOT Job 10:19 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

If only	→	כַּאֲשֶׁר H0834D as which
I had never	→	לֹא H3808 not
come	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
to be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
but had been carried	→	יָבַל H2986 to conduct
from the womb	→	בֶּ֫טֶן H0990H belly: womb
to the grave	→	קֶ֫בֶר H6913 grave

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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