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10:4 “Do you have eyes <05869> of flesh <01320>, or <0518> do you see <07200> as a human <0582> being sees <07200>? 10:5 Are your days <03117> like the days <03117> of a mortal <0582>, or <0518> your years <08141> like the years <03117> of a mortal <01397>, 10:6 that <03588> you must search out <01245> my iniquity <05771>, and inquire <01875> about my sin <02403>, 10:7 although you know <01847> that <03588> I am not <03808> guilty <07561>, and that there is no one <0369> who can deliver out <05337> of your hand <03027>? 10:8 “Your hands <03027> have shaped <06087> me and made <06213> me, but now you destroy <01104> me completely. 10:9 Remember <02142> that <03588> you have made <06213> me as with <0413> the clay <02563>; will you return <07725> me to dust <06083>? 10:10 Did you not <03808> pour <05413> me out <05413> like milk <02461>, and curdle <07087> me like cheese <01385>? 10:11 You clothed <03847> me with skin <05785> and flesh <01320> and knit me together with bones <06106> and sinews <01517>. 10:12 You gave <06213> me <05978> life <02416> and favor <02617>, and your intervention <06486> watched over <08104> my spirit <07307>. 10:13 “But these things <0428> you have concealed <06845> in your heart <03824>; I know <03045> that <03588> this <02063> is with <05973> you: 10:14 If <0518> I sinned <02398>, then you would watch <08104> me and you would not <03808> acquit <05352> me of my iniquity <05771>. 10:15 If <0518> I am guilty <07561>, woe <0480> to me, and if I am innocent <06663>, I cannot <03808> lift <05375> my head <07218>; I am full <07646> of shame <07036>, and satiated <07200> with my affliction <06040>. 10:16 If I lift <01342> myself up <01342>, you hunt <06679> me as a fierce lion <07826>, and again <07725> you display <06381> your power <06381> against me. 10:17 You bring new <02318> witnesses <05707> against <05048> me, and increase <07235> your anger <03708> against me <05978>; relief <02487> troops <06635> come <05973> against me. 10:18 “Why <04100> then did you bring <03318> me out <03318> from the womb <07358>? I should have died <01478> and no <03808> eye <05869> would have seen <07200> me! 10:19 I should have been <01961> as though I had never <03808> existed; I should have been <01961> carried <02986> right from the womb <0990> to the grave <06913>! 10:20 Are not <03808> my days <03117> few <04592>? Cease <02308>, then, and leave me alone <04480> <07896>, that I may find a little <04592> comfort <01082>, 10:21 before <02962> I depart <01980>, never <03808> to return <07725>, to <0413> the land <0776> of darkness <02822> and the deepest shadow <06757>, 10:22 to the land <0776> of utter darkness <05890>, like <03644> the deepest darkness <0652>, and the deepest shadow <06757> and disorder <05468> <03808>, where even the light <03313> is like <03644> darkness <0652>.”

• Job 10:4-7 -- Motivations of God
• Job 10:8-17 -- Contradictions in God's Dealings
• Job 10:18-22 -- An Appeal for Relief

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Philosophy

  [nave] PHILOSOPHY The nature of things, Eccl. 1-7. A philosophical inquiry on wisdom, Job. 28. Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence, Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37. Reveals th...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Death

  [ebd] may be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) "The dust shall return to the earth as it was" (Eccl. 12:7). (2.) "Thou takest away their breath, they die" (P...
  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• Life

  [nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
  

• POETRY, HEBREW

  [isbe] POETRY, HEBREW - po'-et-ri: I. IS THERE POETRY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? Poetry Defined: 1. In Matter, Concrete and Imaginative 2. In Form, Emotional and Rhythmical II. NEGLECT OF HEBREW POETRY: CAUSES III. CHARACTERISTICS OF HE...
  

• Blasphemy

  [nave] BLASPHEMY See also Slander; Speaking, Evil.Ex. 20:7 Deut. 5:11. Lev. 19:12 Lev. 22:32. Lev. 24:10-16; 2 Kin. 19:22 Isa. 37:23. 2 Chr. 32:19 The following passages from the book of Job (with the exception of Job 21:13,14) are...
  

• DARKNESS

  [ebd] The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23)....
  [smith] is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory. (Exodus 20:21; 1 Kings 8:12) The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darknes...
  

• Cheese

  [ebd] (A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words: (1.) 1 Sam. 17:18, "ten cheeses;" i.e., ten sections of curd. (2.) 2 Sam. 17:29, "cheese of kine" = perh...
  [smith] is mentioned only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion under a different name in the Hebrew. (1 Samuel 17:18; 2 Samuel 17:29; Job 10:10) It is difficult to decide how far these terms correspond with our notion...
  [nave] CHEESE, 1 Sam. 17:18; 2 Sam. 17:29; Job 10:10.
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Colors

  [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...
  

• Food

  [isbe] FOOD - food: I. VEGETABLE FOODS 1. Primitive Habits 2. Cereals 3. Leguminous Plants 4. Food of Trees II. ANIMAL FOOD LITERATURE In a previous article (see BREAD) it has been shown that in the Bible "bread" usually stands for...
  [nave] FOOD. Articles of Milk, Gen. 49:12; Prov. 27:27; butter, Deut. 32:14; 2 Sam. 17:29; cheese, 1 Sam. 17:18; Job 10:10; bread, Gen. 18:5; 1 Sam. 17:17; parched grain, Ruth 2:14; 1 Sam. 17:17; flesh, 2 Sam. 6:19; Prov. 9:2; fi...
  

• Hunting

  [isbe] HUNTING - hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and Egypt, especially in early times. Some of the Egyptian and Assyrian king...
  [nave] HUNTING Authorized in the Mosaic law, Lev. 17:13. By Nimrod, Gen. 10:9. By Esau, Gen. 27:3, 5, 30, 33. By Ishmael, Gen. 21:20. Of lion, Job 10:16. Fowling, 1 Sam. 26:20; Psa. 140:5; 141:9, 10; Prov. 1:17; Eccl. 9:12; La...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - es-ka-tol'-o-ji A) Scope of Article B) Dr. Charles' Work C) Individual Religion in Israel I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS 1. Idea of God 2. Idea of Man Body, Soul and Spirit 3. Sin and Death II. CONCE...
  

• Mankind

  [nave] MANKIND. Index of Sub-topics Created; Created in the Image of God; Design of the Creation of; Dominion of; Duty of; Equality of; Ignorance of; Immortal; Insignificance of; Little Lower than the Angels; Mortal; Spirit; Stat...
  

• Hell

  [ebd] derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered: (1.) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty-five times. This word sheol is derived from a...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• SINEW

  [isbe] SINEW - sin'-u (gidh (Job 10:11, etc.)): The tendons and sinews of the body are uniformly (7 times) thus called. "Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this...
  

• VISITATION

  [isbe] VISITATION - viz-i-ta'-shun, vis-(pequddah; episkope): In Biblical writings, the divine investigation or inspection of men's character and deeds with a view to apportioning to them their due lot, whether of reward or of chas...
  

• Why Are You Accusing Me?

  

• [Job 10:8] Sing, My Soul, To God Who Made Thee

  Sing, my soul, to God Who made thee, Raise to Heav’n thy grateful voice; All His creatures, singing, bid thee In His goodness now rejoice. Pure and holy love unbounded Fills His tender heart and kind; All who truly serve Him find Rest, by God’s strong arm surrounded. Refrain Heaven and earth may not endure, But God’s love is ever sure. E’en the Son He loved so dearly, Died that we through Him might live, Was e’er love like His, who merely Lived His life in love to give? Holy Spirit, teach and guide me, Fill my heart with loving faith; Faith can break the power of death, Naught I fear with Thee beside me. Refrain When I sleep His care surrounds me, With new strength and youth imbues; His unbounded grace confounds me, Each new morn His love renews. In sore trial and temptation He, my Savior, still is near, Bids me, “Child do thou not fear, Thou shalt yet see My salvation.” Refrain

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