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 King James Version (NKJV)‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:

Context of Job 10:13

11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. 12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart; I know that this is with thee: 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.

Job 10:13 word by word

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

• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• hideצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 10:13

• Job 23:9On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
• Ecclesiastes 8:6for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him:
• Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
• Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
• Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
• Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal: And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.
• Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me;
• Lamentations 3:37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
• Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose which he purposed 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