Strong's Lexicon Or א֤וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 176: 1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then why was אֶהְיֶ֑ה (’eh·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone I not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) hidden טָ֭מוּן (ṭā·mūn) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2934: 1) to hide, conceal, bury 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hide 1a2) hiding, concealing, secretly laying (participle) 1a3) darkness (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to hide oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to hide like a stillborn child, כְנֵ֣פֶל (ḵə·nê·p̄el) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5309: 1) untimely birth, abortion, miscarriage like an infant כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים (kə·‘ō·lə·lîm) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5768: 1) child, boy who never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) sees רָ֥אוּ (rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7200: 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face daylight ? אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 216: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleOr 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.) Holman Christian Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? New American Standard Bible "Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. King James Bible Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light. Parallel Verses New International Version Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day? New Living Translation Why wasn't I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light? English Standard Version Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child, as infants who never see the light? New American Standard Bible "Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. King James Bible Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. Holman Christian Standard Bible Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight? International Standard Version "Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light? NET Bible Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light? American Standard Version Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light. English Revised Version Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. Young's Literal Translation (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.) Cross References Job 3:15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. Psalm 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. Job 3:14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; Job 3:13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, Job 3:18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. Job 3:19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 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