Job 3:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Why was I accepted and allowed to nurse at my mother's breast?

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

“Here, take my servant Bilhah,” Rachel told him. “Have children by her, and I'll let them be born on my knees to show that they are mine.”

Genesis 50:23

Joseph lived long enough to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to see the children of Manasseh's son Machir, and he welcomed them into his family.

Job 3:11

Why didn't I die at birth?

Job 3:13

Now I would be at peace in the silent world below

Isaiah 66:12

The LORD has promised: “I will flood Jerusalem with the wealth of nations and make the city prosper. Zion will nurse you at her breast, carry you in her arms, and hold you in her lap.