He said to me, “You can’t.” And I said, “Why, Lord? Why was I born? Why wasn’t my mother’s womb my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the people of Israel?”
KJV
2 Esdras 5:35
And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
Parallel Translations
And he said vnto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, lord, wherefore was I borne? or why was not my mothers wombe then my graue? so had I not sene the trouble of Iacob, and the grief of the stocke of Israel.