Job 3:12
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Cross-reference
Job 40:2
Parallel
Job 40:2 is God's rebuke to Job for contending with the Almighty, directly addressing the kind of complaint in Job 3:12.
Ezekiel 16:5
Contrast
Ezekiel 16:5 continues the neglect: no pity, cast out. Opposes Job's lament that he was received at birth.
Isaiah 66:12
Contrast
Isaiah 66:12 promises comfort with nursing and dandling on knees, echoing Job's 'knees' and 'breasts' in a positive future hope.
Ezekiel 16:4
Contrast
Ezekiel 16:4 describes Jerusalem's neglected birth — no washing or swaddling — contrasting with Job's reception by knees and breasts.