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Job 3:10-12
Contemporary English Version
Job 3:10-12
Contemporary English Version
10 because it let me be born
into a world of trouble.
Why Didn't I Die at Birth?
11 Why didn't I die at birth?
12 Why was I accepted[a]
and allowed to nurse
at my mother's breast?
Footnotes
- 3.12 Why was I accepted: The Hebrew text has “Why were there knees to receive me,” which may refer either to Job's mother or to his father, who would have placed Job on his knees to show that he had accepted him as his child.
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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