Job 3:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?

Young's Literal Translation
(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants—they have not seen light.)

King James Bible
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.

Hebrew
Or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

why was
אֶהְיֶ֑ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

I not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hidden
טָ֭מוּן (ṭā·mūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 2934: To hide, conceal

like a stillborn child,
כְנֵ֣פֶל (ḵə·nê·p̄el)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5309: Something fallen, an abortion

like an infant
כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים (kə·‘ō·lə·lîm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5768: A suckling

who never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sees
רָ֥אוּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see

daylight?
אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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