Job 3:12
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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- 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 3:12
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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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?
12Why 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,