Job 3:12
Job Laments His Birth
11Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? 12Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed? 13For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
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Berean Standard Bible
Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
American Standard Version (1901)
Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
Bible in Basic English
Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?
Free Bible Version
Why was there a lap for me to lie on, or breasts for me to suck?
King James (Authorized) Version
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Translation for Translators
I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Why did her knees welcome me?
Why did her breasts receive me so that I should suck?
Noah Webster Bible
Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?
World English Bible
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?
Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore have knees been before me? And what [are] breasts, that I suck?