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General Information:
This passage contains four rhetorical questions, which Job asks in order to really make a series of statements.
Why did I not die when I came out from the womb?
"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. AT: "I wish I had died the day I was born" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
Why did I not give up my spirit when my mother bore me?
Job means to say that he should not have been born alive. AT: "I wish I had died when I came out of the womb." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
give up my spirit
This refers to dying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
Why did her knees welcome me?
This perhaps refers to the lap of Job's mother. His mother's knees are spoken of as if they were people who could welcome a newborn baby. AT: "I wish there had been no lap to receive me." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)
Why did her breasts receive me so that I should suck?
Job's mother's breasts are spoken of as if they also were people who could welcome a newborn baby. AT: "I wish there had been no breasts for me to nurse." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification)