I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Psalms 22:10
“I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.”
— Psalms 22:10
The Bible does not have a word for ultrasound, but it has very precise words for the God who forms life in the womb and numbers the days before one of them happens. These verses are for a grief most people carry silently. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 22:10 to Psalms 127:3.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about miscarriage here is Psalms 22:10: "I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly." Psalms 119:73 follows close behind: "Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
Psalms 22:10
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
Psalms 119:73
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;
Isaiah 44:24
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:15
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Luke 1:44
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalms 139:13
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Psalms 139:14
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Psalms 139:16
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Psalms 34:18
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
Psalms 56:8
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
Isaiah 49:15
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Corinthians 1:3
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 127:3
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