Job 10:11

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

Modern
You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
Traditional
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Literal
With skin and flesh You clothed me, and with bones and sinews You knit me together.
Latin
Pelle et carnibus vestisti me; ossibus et nervis compegisti me.

Original

Hebrew
English
You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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

Topics

Anatomy: Human God: Creator of Man God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Man: Made by God in his Successive Generations Philosophy: Philosophical Inductions and Deductions Relating to God and his Providence Physiology: General Scriptures Concerning Sinews: General Scriptures Concerning