Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 3:12
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Berean Standard Bible
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
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?
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 3
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?
12 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,
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