Catholic Public Domain Version
"Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts? "
— Job 3:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”
“Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck? ”
“Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should nurse?”
“Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them?”
“Why received upon the knees? why suckled at the breasts?”
“Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?”
“Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?”
Let the stars be concealed with its darkness. Let it expect light, and not see it, nor the rising of the dawn in the East.
For it did not close the doors of the womb that bore me, nor take away evils from my eyes.
Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,