Job 10:8

What does Job 10:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 10:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

Context

v.7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

v.8This passage

v.9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 43:7

    every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made.

  • Genesis 6:6

    And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

  • Job 10:3

    Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • Psalms 119:73

    Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • Jeremiah 18:3

    Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

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