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NASB	Job 28:13 "Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Job 28:13 "Man does not know the value of it; Nor is it found in the land of the living.

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Bible Question: How does one deal with an early infant death scripturally?

Bible Answer: Welcome, rhayes.
First off, I feel for your loss, if the situation is as I suspect.
It is hard to place one's trust in a loving creator who is the giver of life when He leaves us behind in a suffering scenario. It may help to understand that troubles and afflictions are continuously troubling the best of Christians, even of those who have the most reason to think and hope the best for themselves. We must remember that He suffered for us also, but that, too, is hard to rationalize so I will attend to the primary question.

Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness, (1Tim 3:16) and it is always difficult to place our trust in something that is evasive to our earthly faculties and likewise oftentimes obscured when it comes to our spiritual comprehension.

Yet, we are told, nay, commanded, to live by the revealed Word of God, at least the modicum of it which we are able to grasp in our heart.

We are in no way capable of comprehending God's design as He explains to through His prophet in Isaiah 55:8,
"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
So, we are to become acquainted with His laws and remain obedient to them.
Those who are patient in their trials are the ones who shall be blessed and are assured of a more glorious reward when they at last are standing before their Bema seat judgement.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Pro 3:5)
-This is first among our Lord's precepts that comes to my mind when I pondered your painful query. This verse is one of the most excellent of all, For directions and for persuasion. We must be diligent in our duties to our Lord, because that is the way He has ordained for us to live. We must live a life of discipleship under our Lord because that is the way He has outlined for us so that He can keep us safe. We must remain in reverent fear of God because that is the way for us to retain the health He provides us with. We must serve God with all our assets because that is the way to become truly rich. We must bear afflictions the best we are able, because that is the way to be improved by them, as they are designed for us, see James 1:2. We must exert effort to obtain the wisdom He wants us to have, because that is the way to benefit by our wisdom. And we must always conduct ourselves by the rules of this wisdom, and of our religion that we learn, because that is our only path to peace. We must nevertheless continue to do all the good we are able, our present circumstance notwithstanding, because however we are just or unjust, charitable or uncharitable, humble or proud, thusly as such is how we shall receive of our rewards from God.

In the meantime, recall that God is sovereign, because He is the Creator of life and He owns it, He demands and directs all of it, and is in no way subject to us or our contemplations concerning it.
It is the greatest honor we can bestow upon Him who gives us our all, and truthfully is our all in all, for us to bestow our utter interest in His mercy and truth and give no part of our being to none other but Him, including our trust and understanding.

May our Lord bless you as you seek Him.

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