Job 3:11–12
Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie?
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Why did the knees preuent mee? or why the breasts, that I should sucke?
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From verse 11
- Isaiah 46:3Rank 1 from verse 11
3¶ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
3¶ Hearken vnto me, O house of Iacob, and al the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me, from the belly, which are caried from the wombe.
- Job 10:18–19Rank 2 from verse 11
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
18*Wherfore then hast thou brought me forth out of the wombe? Oh that I had giuen vp the ghost, and no eye had seene me!
19I should haue bene as though I had not bene, I should haue bene caried from the wombe to the graue.
- Hosea 9:14Rank 3 from verse 11
- Jeremiah 15:10Rank 4 from verse 11
10¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
10¶ *Woe is mee, my mother, that that thou hast borne me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth: I haue neither lent on vsurie, nor men haue lent to me on vsurie, yet euery one of them doeth curse me.
- Psalms 139:13–16Rank 5 from verse 11
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
13For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
14†I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderfully made, marueilous are thy works: and that my soule knoweth right well.
15‖My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret: and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16†‖Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them.
- Psalms 22:9–10Rank 6 from verse 11
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
9‖But thou art hee that tooke mee out of the wombe; thou didst make me hope, when I was vpon my mothers breasts.
10I was cast vpon thee from the wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
- Psalms 58:8Rank 7 from verse 11
- Psalms 71:6Rank 8 from verse 11
From verse 12
- Genesis 30:3Rank 1 from verse 12
- Isaiah 66:12Rank 2 from verse 12
12For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
12*For thus sayth the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a riuer, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing streame: then shall ye sucke, ye shalbe borne vpon her sides, and be dandled vpon her knees.
- Genesis 50:23Rank 3 from verse 12
- Ezekiel 16:4–5Rank 4 from verse 12
4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
5None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
4‖And as for thy natiuity in the day thou wast borne, thy nauell was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee: thou wast not salted at all, nor swadled at all.
5None eye pitied thee to doe any of these vnto thee, to haue compassion vpon thee, but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast borne.
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Job 3:11
Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Job 3:12
Plural form of knee (the joint between the thigh and lower leg, especially as bent or bowed).
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To go or come before; to anticipate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Plural form of breast (the front part of the body between the neck and the belly).
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.
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10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
10Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe from mine eyes.
11Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
11Why died I not from the wombe? why did I not giue vp the ghost when I came out of the bellie?
Selected passage12Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
12Why did the knees preuent mee? or why the breasts, that I should sucke?
Selected passage13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
13For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,