Verse 12

Why were there knees to receive me? Or why breasts that I should nurse?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvorfor tok de meg imot på knærne? Hvorfor fikk jeg mulighet til å bli ammet?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvorfor hindret knærne meg, eller hvorfor brystene jeg skulle die?

• Norsk King James

  Hvorfor hindre meg fra knærne mine? eller hvorfor de brystene som skulle ha gitt meg næring?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor møtte jeg knær, og hvorfor fikk jeg brystmelk?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvorfor kom knærne meg i møte, og hvorfor lot brystene meg die?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvorfor var det knær som tok imot meg, eller bryster som lot meg amme?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvorfor hindret kneene meg? Eller hvorfor sperret brystene meg fra å amme?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hvorfor var det knær som tok imot meg, eller bryster som lot meg amme?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvorfor var det knær som tok imot meg, og hvorfor bryster så jeg kunne diet?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Why were there knees to receive me, or breasts that I should nurse?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Job.3.12", "source": "מַ֭דּוּעַ קִדְּמ֣וּנִי בִרְכָּ֑יִם וּמַה־שָּׁ֝דַ֗יִם כִּ֣י אִינָֽק׃", "text": "*maddûaʿ qiddəmûnî birkāyim ûmâ-šādayim kî ʾînāq*", "grammar": { "*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*qiddəmûnî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd common plural with 1st common singular suffix - they met me/received me", "*birkāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - knees", "*ûmâ*": "conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and what", "*šādayim*": "noun, masculine dual - breasts", "*kî*": "conjunction - that", "*ʾînāq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I would suck" }, "variants": { "*maddûaʿ*": "why/for what reason", "*qiddəmûnî*": "they met me/they received me/they welcomed me", "*birkāyim*": "knees/laps", "*šādayim*": "breasts/teats", "*ʾînāq*": "I would suck/I would nurse" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvorfor tok knær imot meg, og hvorfor var det bryster å suge?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor forekom Knæerne mig, og hvorfor er jeg opfostret med Bryst?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvorfor holdt knærne meg tilbake? Eller hvorfor brystene som jeg skulle die?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvorfor tok knærne imot meg? Eller brystet, hvorfor skulle jeg suge?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvorfor ventet knær foran meg? Og hva var brystene til for å amme?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvorfor tok knærne imot meg? Eller hvorfor brystet, så jeg kunne suge?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvorfor tok knærne meg, eller hvorfor brystene for å gi meg melk?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Why set they me vpo yeir knees? Why gaue they me suck with their brestes?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Why did the knees preuent me? and why did I sucke the breasts?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Why set they me vpon their knees? why gaue they me sucke with their brestes?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?

Referenced Verses

• Gen 30:3 : 3 She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah; go into her, and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her."
• Isa 66:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you nurse, you shall be carried on her sides, and be dandled on her knees.
• Gen 50:23 : 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation, the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
• Ezek 16:4-5 : 4 And as for your nativity, on the day you were born your navel was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion upon you; but you were cast out into the open field, to the loathing of your person, on the day you were born.