Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

For what reason, were there prepared for me - knees? and why - breasts, that I might suck?

New American Standard Bible

“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?

King James Version

Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

Holman Bible

Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

International Standard Version

Why was there a lap to hold me, and why were there breasts to nurse me?

A Conservative Version

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

American Standard Version

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

Amplified


“Why did the knees receive me?
And why the breasts, that I would nurse?

Bible in Basic English

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

Darby Translation

Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Julia Smith Translation

Why did the knees anticipate me? and wherefore the breasts that I shall suck?

King James 2000

Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should nurse?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Why did [the] knees receive me and the breasts, that I could suck?

Modern King James verseion

Why did the knees go before me; or why the breasts, that I should suck?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Why set they me upon their knees? Why gave they me suck with their breasts?

NET Bible

Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

New Heart English Bible

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

Webster

Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

World English Bible

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?

Youngs Literal Translation

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Why did the knees
בּרך 
Berek 
Usage: 25

קדם 
Qadam 
Usage: 26

me or why the breasts
שׁד שׁד 
Shad 
Usage: 24

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Job Wishes He Had Died

11 Wherefore, in the womb, did I not die? From the womb, come forth and cease to breathe? 12 For what reason, were there prepared for me - knees? and why - breasts, that I might suck? 13 Surely, at once, had I lain down, and been quiet, I had fallen asleep, then, had I been at rest:

Cross References

Genesis 30:3

And she said, Lo! my handmaid, Bilhah. Go in unto her, - that she may hear upon my knees, so that, I also, may be builded up by her!

Isaiah 66:12

For, thus, saith Yahweh, - Behold me! extending unto her like a river, prosperity, And as a torrent o'erflowing, the glory of the nations. That ye may draw it forth - Upon the side, shall ye be carried, and Upon the knees, shall ye be caressed:

Genesis 50:23

And Joseph saw Ephraim's, sons of three generations - moreover the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph's knees.

Ezekiel 16:4-5

And as for thy birth in the day thou wast born, Thy navel-cord was not cut, And in water, wast thou not bathed to cleanse thee, - And as for being salted, a thou was not salted, And as for being bandaged, thou wast not bandaged.

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