Job 3:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?”
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BSBPD
“Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Wherefore have knees been before me? And what <FI>are<Fi> breasts, that I suck?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 3:12 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 16:4On 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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