Job Laments His Birth
Job 3:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
- KJV
- Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
- WEB
- Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
- ASV
- Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
- LSV
- Why have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
- YLT
- Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?
- DBY
- Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
- DRC
- Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
- GNV
- Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?
- JPS
- Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
- LXXE
- And why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἱνατί δὲ συνήντησάν μοι τὰ γόνατα; ἱνατί δὲ μαστοὺς ἐθήλασα;
Who and where
◆ Job's Trial
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MurmuringBirthdayKnee; KneelPreventDespondencyPresumptionLifeJob, Book ofDeathAfflictions and Adversities
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 66:12For 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 30:3Then 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.”
- Genesis 50:23He 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 16:4–5On 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. No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of…
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