Job 3:12

A Conservative Version

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

Cross References

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream. And ye shall nurse [thereof]. Ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

Genesis 30:3

And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain sons by her.

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation. Also the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

Job 3:11

Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

Job 3:13

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest