Job 3:12-14

English Standard Version

¹²Why did ^(A)the knees receive me?
    Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?
¹³For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
    I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
¹⁴with kings and counselors of the earth
    who ^(B)rebuilt ruins for themselves,

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Job 3:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹²Why were the knees there in front of me,
And why the breasts, that I would nurse?
¹³For now I ^(A)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,
¹⁴With ^(B)kings and ^(C)counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ^(D)ruins for themselves;

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Job 3:12-14

New International Version

¹²Why were there knees to receive me^(A)
    and breasts that I might be nursed?
¹³For now I would be lying down^(B) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest^(C)
¹⁴with kings and rulers of the earth,^(D)
    who built for themselves places now lying in ruins,^(E)