Lexicon :: Strong's H990 - beṭen

“[The founders of] two nations are in your womb;

And the separation of two nations has begun in your body;

The one people shall be stronger than the other;

And the older shall serve the younger.”

Now when the time came for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

“The [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your animals, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be blessed.

“The offspring of your body and the produce of your land, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be cursed.

“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,

And naked I will return there.

The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;

Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hide trouble from my eyes.

‘I should have been as though I had not existed;

[I should have been] carried from the womb to the grave.’

“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]

And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

“They conceive mischief and bring forth wickedness,

And their inmost soul prepares deceit and fraud.”

“My breath is repulsive to my wife,

And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

“He swallows [his ill-gotten] riches,

But will vomit them up;

God will drive them out of his belly.

“Because he knew no quietness or calm within him [because of his greed],

He does not retain anything he desires.

“When he fills his belly,

God will send His fierce anger on him

And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,

And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?

(But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father,

And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),

“For I am full of words;

The spirit within me constrains me.

“Out of whose womb has come the ice?

And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“See now, his strength is in his loins

And his power is in the muscles and sinews of his belly.

From men with Your hand, O LORD,

From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,

And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;

They are satisfied with children,

And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

Yet You are He who pulled me out of the womb;

You made me trust when on my mother’s breasts.

Be gracious and compassionate to me, O LORD, for I am in trouble;

My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.

For our life has melted away into the dust;

Our body clings to the ground.

The wicked are estranged from the womb;

These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth;

You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.

My praise is continually of You.

Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the LORD,

The fruit of the womb a reward.

The LORD swore to David

A truth from which He will not turn back:

“One of your [fn]descendants I will set upon your throne.

For You formed my innermost parts;

You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.

The [consistently] righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,

But the stomach of the wicked is in need [of bread].

The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];

They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].

A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;

He will be satisfied with the consequence of his words.

The [fn]spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the LORD,

Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.

Blows that wound cleanse away evil,

And strokes reach to the innermost parts.