Job 10:10

Job’s Plea to God · Job 10:1–22
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Translations

Modern
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
Traditional
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Literal
Was it not like milk that You poured me out, and like cheese You curdled me?
Latin
Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me, et sicut caseum me coagulasti?

Original

Hebrew
English
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

Notes

  • A series of images shows God's role in creating Job.

  • Your hands shaped me … You molded me like clay: This is how a "potter" makes a vessel (Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:1–12). Although the potter has complete control over the clay, Job still questioned God (Isaiah 45:9; Jeremiah 18:5–12; Romans 9:20–25).

  • return me to dust: This common theme in Job shows life's temporary nature (Job 4:19; 7:9–10, 21; 14:1–2, 10; see Genesis 3:19).

  • You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese: The Hebrew terms create a lively image of a new born baby still covered with vernix (a creamy substance).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Cheese Food and Food Preparation

Topics

Cheese: General Scriptures Concerning Food: Articles of Cheese God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Man: Made by God in his Successive Generations Milk: Made Into: Cheese Philosophy: Philosophical Inductions and Deductions Relating to God and his Providence The Diet of the Jews: Articles Used for Cheese