18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Job 10:18:1 ⧉וְלָ֣מָּהvelamaand why Job 10:18:2 ⧉מֵ֭רֶחֶםmerekhemfrom the womb Job 10:18:3 ⧉הֹצֵאתָ֑נִיhotsetanidid you bring me out Job 10:18:4 ⧉אֶ֝גְוַ֗עegvaI would die Job 10:18:5 ⧉וְעַ֣יִןveayinand an eye Job 10:18:6 ⧉לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃lotireeniwould not see me |
18. Formal Translation And why did You {Eloah, Sovereign Former} bring me out from the womb? I would have died, and no eye would have seen me. |
18. Dynamic Translation Why then did You {Eloah, Inscrutable Creator} cause me to be born? I wish I had died, and no one’s eye would ever have seen me. |