# General Information: Verses 11 and 12 contain rhetorical questions, which Job asks in order to show how sad he was about being born. # Why did I not die when I came out from the womb? "I wish I had died the day I was born". # Why did I not perish when my mother bore me? "I wish I had perished when I came out of the womb.". Job poses this question to express his anguish.