New Living Translation
Job 10:7
7Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your hands.
Job 10:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
- New International Version (NIV)though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
- English Standard Version (ESV)although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
Context of Job 10:7
5Is your lifetime only as long as ours? Is your life so short 6that you must quickly probe for my guilt and search for my sin? Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your hands. 8“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me. 9Remember that you made me from dust— will you turn me back to dust so soon?
Read all of Job 10Job 10:7 word by word
עַֽל־דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:7
- Job 23:10“But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
- Job 31:6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
- Job 42:7After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.
- Psalms 1:6For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
- Psalms 17:3You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say.
- Psalms 26:1Declare me innocent, O Lord, for I have acted with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
- Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
- John 21:17A third time he asked him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.
- Job 23:13But once he has made his decision, who can change his mind? Whatever he wants to do, he does.
- Deuteronomy 32:39Look now; I myself am he! There is no other god but me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from my powerful hand!
- Psalms 50:22Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.
- Daniel 3:15I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”
- Hosea 2:10I will strip her naked in public, while all her lovers look on. No one will be able to rescue her from my hands.
Commentaries on Job 10:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked - While thou hast this knowledge of me and my conduct, why appear to be sifting me as if in order to find out sin; and though none can be found, treating me as though I were a transgressor?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked - That is, that I am not a hypocrite, or an impenitent sinner. Job did not claim perfection (see the note at Job 9:20), but he maintained through all this argument that he was not a wicked man, in the sense in which his friends regarded him as such, and for the truth of this he could boldly appeal to God. The margin is, “It is upon thy knowledge.” This is a literal translation of the Hebrew, but the sense is well…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. "Although Thou (the Omniscient) knowest," &c. (connected with Job 10:6), "Thou searchest after my sin." and ... that none that can deliver out of thine hand--Therefore Thou hast no need to deal with me with the rapid violence which man would use (see Job 10:6).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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