Job 3:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”
Job 3:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 3:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 3:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?”
Job 3:12 — World English Bible
Job 3:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck? ”
Job 3:12 — American Standard Version
Job 3:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Wherefore have knees been before me? And what <FI>are<Fi> breasts, that I suck?”
Job 3:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 3:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck? ”
Job 3:12 — Darby Translation
Job 3:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?”
Job 3:12 — Geneva Bible
Job 3:12 in Context — Job 3
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
What Does Job 3:12 Mean?
Job 3:12 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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