Job 3:12 “Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nurse…”

Job 3:12

Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

World English Bible

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

American Standard Version

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?

Geneva Bible 1599

Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?

Darby Translation

Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?

Bible in Basic English

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

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Cross references

“the knees”

Genesis 30:3 Isaiah 66:12 Genesis 50:23 Ezekiel 16:4 Ezekiel 16:5

Genesis 30:3 · BSB

Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

Isaiah 66:12 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

Genesis 50:23 · BSB

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.

Ezekiel 16:4 · BSB

On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

Ezekiel 16:5 · BSB

No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

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