job 3:12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

job 3:12 "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?

12. Why did the knees prevent me?--Old English for "anticipate my wants." The reference is to the solemn recognition of a new-born child by the father, who used to place it on his knees as his own, whom he was bound to rear (Ge 30:3; 50:23; Isa 66:12).

job 3:12 "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck?

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