## Why did I not die when I came out from the womb? ##

"Why did I not die at birth?" Job poses this question in order to curse the day of his birth and to express his anguish.  AT: "I wish I had died the day I was born." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## Why did I not give up my spirit when my mother bore me? ##

"Why did I not die when I came out from the womb?" See note above. AT: "I wish I had died when I came out of the womb."

## Why did her knees receive me? ##

"Why was there a lap to receive me?" See note above. AT: "I wish there had been no lap to receive me."

## why did her breasts welcome me so that I should nurse at them? ##

"Why were there breasts that I might nurse?"  See note above.  "I wish there had been no breasts for me to nurse."