Job 3:12

New International Reader's Version

Why was I placed on her knees? Why did her breasts give me milk?

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

Then she said, “Here’s my servant Bilhah. Sleep with her so that she can have children for me. Then I too can have a family through her.”

Genesis 50:23

He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. When the children of Makir were born, they were placed on Joseph’s knees and counted as his own children. Makir was the son of Manasseh.

Job 3:11

“Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?

Job 3:13

If all of that hadn’t happened, I would be lying down in peace. I’d be asleep and at rest in the grave.

Isaiah 66:12

The Lord continues, “I will cause peace to flow over her like a river. I will make the wealth of nations sweep over her like a flooding stream. You will nurse and be carried in her arms. You will play on her lap.