Job

Job 3:12

¹²Why were there knees to receive me,

and breasts that I should be nursed?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	מַ֭דּוּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
were there knees	בִרְכָּ֑יִם	ḇir·kā·yim	Noun - fd	H1290 knee
to receive me	קִדְּמ֣וּנִי	qid·də·mū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H6923 come or be in front, meet
breasts	שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם	šā·d̲a·yim	Noun - md	H7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I should be nursed	אִינָֽק׃	’î·nāq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3243 suck

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.