New Living Translation
Job 10:8
8“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me.
Job 10:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
- New International Version (NIV)“Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
Context of Job 10:8
6that you must quickly probe for my guilt and search for my sin? 7Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your hands. “‘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? 10You guided my conception and formed me in the womb.
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יָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 10:8
- Psalms 119:73You made me; you created me. Now give me the sense to follow your commands.
- Isaiah 43:7Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’”
- Job 10:3What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
- Genesis 6:6So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.
- Jeremiah 18:3So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.
Commentaries on Job 10:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thine hands have made me - Thou art well acquainted with human nature, for thou art its author. And fashioned me together round about - All my powers and faculties have been planned and executed by thyself. It is thou who hast refined the materials out of which I have been formed, and modified them into that excellent symmetry and order in which they are now found; so that the union and harmony of the different parts, (יחד yachad ), and their arrangement…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thine hands have made me - Job proceeds now to state that he had been made by God, and that he had shown great skill and pains in his formation. He argues that it would seem like caprice to take such pains, and to exercise such amazing wisdom and care in forming him, and then, on a sudden, and without cause, dash his own work to pieces. Who makes a beautiful vase only to be destroyed? Who moulds a statue from marble only to break it to pieces? Who builds…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. 88. Made--with pains; implying a work of difficulty and art; applying to God language applicable only to man. together round about--implying that the human body is a complete unity, the parts of which on all sides will bear the closest scrutiny.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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