Job 3:12
מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה ־ שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
In Context
11לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע ׃
13כִּֽי ־ עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי ׃
Cross References
Genesis 30:3וַתֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אֲמָתִי בִלְהָה בֹּא אֵלֶיהָ וְתֵלֵד עַל ־ בִּרְכַּי וְאִבָּנֶה גַם ־ אָנֹכִי מִמֶּֽנָּה ׃
Isaiah 66:12כִּֽי ־ כֹה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי נֹטֶֽה ־ אֵלֶיהָ כְּנָהָר שָׁלוֹם וּכְנַחַל שׁוֹטֵף כְּבוֹד גּוֹיִם וִֽינַקְתֶּם עַל ־ צַד תִּנָּשֵׂאוּ וְעַל ־ בִּרְכַּיִם תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ ׃
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 →