Job 10:9
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
- KJV
- Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- WEB
- Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?
- ASV
- Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
- DARBY
- Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
- BLB
- Remember, please, that You made me as [from] the clay. And will You return me to the dust?
- ÅB
- Kom i hu at du har dannet meg som leiren, og nå lar du meg vende tilbake til støvet igjen!
- OTB
- Husk at Du laget meg som leire;
Og ville Du igjen gjøre meg til støv? - B1930
- Kom i hu at du har dannet mig som leret, og nu lar du mig atter vende tilbake til støvet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Read in contextIsaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Read in contextGenesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:9
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Read in contextJeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Read in contextRomans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Read in contextPsalms 25:6–7
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
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