God’s Word Translation
Job 10:11
11Didn’t you dress me in skin and flesh and weave 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 made me out of clay and that you will return me to the dust again. 10Didn’t you pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? Didn’t you dress me in skin and flesh and weave me together with bones and tendons? 12You gave me life and mercy. Your watchfulness has preserved my spirit. 13But in your heart you hid these things. I know this is what you did.
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ע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:11
- 2 Corinthians 5:2In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.
- Job 40:17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar. The ligaments of its thighs are intertwined.
- Ezekiel 37:4Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Tell them, ‘Dry bones, listen to the Lord’s word.
- Ephesians 4:16He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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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