Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
KJV
Quare exceptus genibus ? cur lactatus uberibus ?
Vulgate
ἵνα τί δὲ συνήντησάν μοι τὰ γόνατα; ἵνα τί δὲ μαστοὺς ἐθήλασα;
LXX
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck?
ASV
מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּ/נִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּ/מַה שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
noun · 26×
יוֹנֵ֖ק
yvnq
verb · 32×
ךְ
k
noun · 24×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 26×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 30:3 — And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- Gen 30:3 — And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
- Gen 50:23 — And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
- Isa 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon