"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. Alternate translation: "I wish I had died the day I was born" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
Job means to say that he should not have been born alive. Alternate translation: "I wish I had died when I came out of the womb." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])