“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me, yet now you completely destroy me.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.
- KJV Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
- BSB Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
- NKJV ‘Yourhands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
- NASB ¶‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, Yet would You destroy me?
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Quick answer
Job marvels that the hands which carefully formed him now seem set to destroy him. He appeals to God as his Maker.
Overview
Job pleads on the basis of creation, that God fashioned him entirely and so should not now ruin His own handiwork. This argument from God's tender craftsmanship runs through the chapter. It anticipates the assurance that God finishes the good work He begins in His people rather than abandoning them (Psalm 138:8; Philippians 1:6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 119:73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
- Isa 43:7everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
- Job 10:3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
- Jer 18:3–10Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
- Gen 6:6–7Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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