Christian Standard Bible
Job 10:11
11You clothed me with skin and flesh, and wove me together with bones and tendons.
Job 10:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
- New International Version (NIV)clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
- English Standard Version (ESV)You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
Context of Job 10:11
9Please remember that you formed me like clay. Will you now return me to dust? 10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and wove me together with bones and tendons. 12You gave me life and faithful love, and your care has guarded my life. 13“Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart; I know that this was your hidden plan:
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ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 10:11
- 2 Corinthians 5:2Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling,
- Job 40:17He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
- Ezekiel 37:4He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
- Ephesians 4:16From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part.
Commentaries on Job 10:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh - This refers, undoubtedly, to the formation of man in his foetal existence, and is designed to denote that the whole organization of the human frame was to be traced to God. Grotius remarks that this is the order in which the infant is formed - that the skin appears first, then the flesh, then the harder parts of the frame. On this subject, the reader may consult Dunglison‘s Physiology, vol. ii. p. 340ff. And hast…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Job seems to argue with God, as if he only formed and preserved him for misery. God made us, not we ourselves. How sad that those bodies should be instruments of unrighteousness, which are capable of being temples of the Holy Ghost! But the soul is the life, the soul is the man, and this is the gift of God. If we plead with ourselves as an inducement to duty, God made me and maintains me, we may plead as an argument for mercy, Thou hast made…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11A 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…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. fenced--or "inlaid" (Psa 139:15); "curiously wrought" [Umbreit]. In the foetus the skin appears first, then the flesh, then the harder parts.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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