Job 3:12

New Century Version

Why did my mother’s knees receive me, and my mother’s breasts feed me?

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

Then Rachel said, “Here is my slave girl Bilhah. Have sexual relations with her so she can give birth to a child for me. Then I can have my own family through her.”

Genesis 50:23

During Joseph’s life Ephraim had children and grandchildren, and Joseph’s son Manasseh had a son named Makir. Joseph accepted Makir’s children as his own.

Job 3:11

“Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born? Why didn’t I die when I came out of the womb?

Job 3:13

If they had not been there, I would be lying dead in peace; I would be asleep and at rest

Isaiah 66:12

This is what the Lord says: “I will give her peace that will flow to her like a river. The wealth of the nations will come to her like a river overflowing its banks. Like babies you will be nursed and held in my arms and bounced on my knees.