Job 3:12
Job · איוב · Ketuvim · 42 chapters · 1070 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (7 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי
Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother’s] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע
Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?
מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק
Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי
For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest—
עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ
With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;