Job 3:12 Hebrew Word Analysis

0מַ֭דּוּעַh4069
1preventקִדְּמ֣וּנִיh6923
2Why did the kneesבִרְכָּ֑יִםh1290
3וּמַהh4100
4me or why the breastsשָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםh7699
5כִּ֣יh3588
6that I should suckאִינָֽק׃h3243

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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

Darby English Bible (DBY)

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

Webster's Bible (WBT)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

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

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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