Job 3:12
Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I might suck?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
In Context
11Why died I not at my birth? Why did I not expire when I came forth from the womb?
13For now should I lie down and be quiet; I should sleep; then should I be at rest,
Cross References
Isaiah 66:12For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring prosperity to her like a river, And the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; Ye shall suck at the breast, Ye shall be carried on the arm, And on the knees shall ye be dandled.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:12-20
Job's Complaint of Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as… Read the whole commentary →