Job 3:12
10 For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
14 with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 breast, that I should suck?
- DARBY
- Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
- BLB
- Why did the knees meet me, and why the breasts that I should suck?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor tok knær imot meg, og hvorfor bryster som jeg kunne die?
- OTB
- Hvorfor var det knær til å ta imot meg,
og bryster som jeg kunne die? - B1930
- Hvorfor tok knær imot mig, og hvorfor bryster som jeg kunde die?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 30:3
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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 66:12
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.
Read in contextGenesis 50:23
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.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:4–5
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.
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