Job 10:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:8-13

In these verses we may observe, I. How Job eyes God as his Creator and preserver, and describes his dependence upon him as the author and upholder of his being. This is one of the first things we are all concerned to know and consider. 1. That God made us, he, and not our parents, who were only the instruments of his power and providence in our production. He made us, and not we ourselves. His hands have made and fashioned these bodies of ours and every part of them (Job 10:8), and they are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay ,.... Not of the clay, though man was made originally of the dust of the earth, and the bodies of men are houses of clay, earthen vessels, and earthly tabernacles, but "as the clay"; either as the clay is wrought in the hand of the potter, and worked into what form, and made into what vessel he pleases, so are men in the hand of God, made by him in what form, and for what use and end he thinks fit; or rather this denotes not the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:9

Thou hast made me as the clay - Thou hast fashioned me, according to thy own mind, out of a mass of clay: after so much skill and pains expended, men might naturally suppose they were to have a permanent being; but thou hast decreed to turn them into dust! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Having answered Bildad, Job proceeds to pour out the bitterness of his soul in a pathetic complaint, which he addresses directly to God. There is not much that is novel in the long expostulation, which mainly goes over ground covered in Job 3:1-26 ; Job 6:1-30 ; Job 7:1-21 ; but some new grounds are alleged as pleas for mercy, if not for justice. These are In conclusion, Job begs for a little respite, a little time of comfort (verse 20), before he descends into the darkness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

Appeal to the justice, knowledge, and goodness of God. In his extremity of maddening pain and in his contempt of life, Job resolves to give full way once more to words (verse 1). And as they pour forth in full flood from the bottom of his heart, we perceive that he has in reality truer and juster thoughts about God than those expressed in the preceding chapter. He proceeds to appeal one by one to the highest perfection which can be associated with the Divine Name. I. APPEAL TO THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-12

Here we have an expansion of the plea in Job 10:3 , "Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest despise the work of thine own hands?" Job appeals to God, not only as his Greater, but as, up to a certain time, his Supporter and Sustainer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-12

Man the creature of God. Job now seeks consolation in other courses of reflection, although arising out of the foregoing. He would fain draw what comfort he can from the knowledge of the fact that he is the creature of God. "Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about." Thy skill and patience, thy thought and attention, have been bestowed on me. Wilt thou forsake the work of thine hands? Is it solely for this time of trouble thou hast brought me forth? A calm meditation on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-17

Job to God: the progress of the third controversy: 2. An inexplicable contradiction. I. GOD 'S FORMER LOVING CARE . 1 . Minutely detailed. 2 . Skilfully employed. As Job recalls the time when he was thus an object of God's paternal solicitude, he cannot help lingering over the sweet memories with which it floods his soul. Setting up, too, these tender reminiscences against the dark background of his present sorrow, he feels melted and softened. The thought of that Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay ; rather, that thou hast fashioned me as day ; i.e. "Thou hast formed me, as a potter fashions a pot out of clay." This is scarcely a reference to Genesis 3:19 , but rather an early use of what became a stock metaphor (comp. Isaiah 29:16 ; Isaiah 30:14 :; Isaiah 45:9 ; Isaiah 64:8 ; Jeremiah 18:6 ; Romans 9:21-29 , etc.). And wilt thou bring us into dust again? After having fashioned me out of clay into a human... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay - There is evident allusion here to the creation of man, and to the fact that he was moulded from the dust of the earth - a fact which would be preserved by tradition; see Genesis 2:7. The fact that God had moulded the human form as the potter moulds the clay, is one that is often referred to in the Scriptures; compare Romans 9:20-21. The object of Job in this is, probably, to recall the fact that God, out of clay, had formed the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 10:8-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 10:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 10:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 10:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 10:9

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