Job 3:12

The Scriptures 2009

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

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

And she said, “See, my female servant Bilhah; go in to her, and let her bear for me, and let me be built up from her as well.”

Genesis 50:23

And Yosĕph saw Ephrayim’s children to the third generation. The children of Maḵir, son of Menashsheh, were also born on Yosĕph’s knees.

Job 3:11

Why did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Job 3:13

For now I would have been lying in peace. I would have slept – then I would have been at rest,

Isaiah 66:12

For thus said יהוה, “See, I am extending peace to her like a river, and the esteem of the nations like a flowing stream. And you shall feed; you shall be carried on the side, and be fondled on her knees.