Job 10:9 - Exposition

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 form, wilt thou undo thine own work, crumble me into powder, and make me mere dust once more?