Job 3:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Why were there knees to receive me or breasts for me to suck?

Cross References

Isaiah 66:12

For thus says the Lord: I will extend prosperity to her like a river and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm and bounced on her knees.

Genesis 30:3

Then she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees and that I too may have children through her.”

Genesis 50:23

Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation; the children of Machir son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.

Job 3:11

“Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?

Job 3:13

Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest