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Job 3:11–12

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11“Why mdid I not die at birth,

come out from the womb and expire?

12Why did nthe knees receive me?

Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

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Cross references

  1. mch. 10:18, 19
  2. nGen. 30:3; 50:23; Isa. 66:12

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Why did I not perish at birth,

and die as I came from the womb?

Why were there knees to receive me

and breasts that I might be nursed?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why was I not stillborn;

why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Why did the knees receive me,

and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Why wasn’t I born dead?

Why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?

Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Why did I not die at birth?

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

Why did the knees receive me

and the breasts, that I could suck?

KJV 1900King James Version

Why died I not from the womb?

Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

Why did the knees prevent me?

Or why the breasts that I should suck?