11 (A)Why did I not die [a]at birth,
Come out of the womb and pass away?
12 Why were the knees there in front of me,
And why the breasts, that I would nurse?
13 For now I (B)would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 3:11 Lit from the womb

11 “Why did I not perish at birth,
    and die as I came from the womb?(A)
12 Why were there knees to receive me(B)
    and breasts that I might be nursed?
13 For now I would be lying down(C) in peace;
    I would be asleep and at rest(D)

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