Job 3:11–13
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Why Did I Survive at Birth?
11“Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born
and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb?
12Why did knees welcome me?
Why did breasts let me nurse?
13Instead of being alive,
I would now be quietly lying down.
I would now be sleeping peacefully.
Copyright 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Why did I not die at birth,
come out from the womb and expire?
Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
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?
For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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?
Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep.
Then I would be at rest
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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?
Had I died at birth, I would now be at peace.
I would be asleep and at rest.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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?
For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace;
I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
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?
For now should I have lain still and been quiet,
I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
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