Job 3:12
For what reason, were there prepared for me—knees? and why—breasts, that I might suck?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
In Context
11Wherefore, in the womb, did I not die? From the womb, come forth and cease to breathe?
13Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:
Cross References
Genesis 30:3And she said, Lo! my handmaid, Bilhah. Go in unto her,—that she may bear upon my knees, so that, I also, may be builded up by her!
Isaiah 66:12For, thus, saith Yahweh,—Behold me! extending unto her like a river, prosperity, And as a torrent o’erflowing, the glory of the nations. That ye may draw it forth—Upon the side, shall ye be carried, and Upon the knees, shall ye be caressed:
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 →