Job 10:13

Job 10:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“‘Yet your real motive— your true intent—

Context of Job 10:13

11Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? 12You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit. ‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You: 14If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity. 15If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!

Job 10:13 word by word

וְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• hast thou hidצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• in thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 10:13

• Job 23:9When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
• Ecclesiastes 8:6Because for every matter there is a time and judgment, Though the misery of man increases greatly.
• Isaiah 45:15Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
• Job 23:13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
• Deuteronomy 32:39‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.’
• Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,
• Lamentations 3:37Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?
• Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Commentaries on Job 10:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart - Thou hast had many gracious purposes concerning me which thou hast not made known; but thy visitations and mercy are sufficient proofs of kindness towards me; though for purposes unknown to me thou hast sorely afflicted me, and continuest to treat me as an enemy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart - This may either refer to the arrangements by which God had made him, or to the calamities which he had brought upon him. Most expositors suppose that the latter is intended. Such is the opinion of Rosenmuller, Good, Noyes, and Scott. According to this the idea is, that God had purposed in his heart to bring these calamities upon him. They were a part of his counsel and design. To hide in the heart, or to lay…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. is with thee--was Thy purpose. All God's dealings with Job in his creation, preservation, and present afflictions were part of His secret counsel (Psa 139:16; Ac 15:18; Ec 3:11).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