Job 3:12
What does Job 3:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 3:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Wherefore have knees been before me? And what <FI>are<Fi> breasts, that I suck?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 16:4
And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
- Genesis 30:3
And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.
- Isaiah 66:12
For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck thereof; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.
- Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph’s knees.
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