Job

Job 10:11–12

¹¹You clothed me with skin and flesh,

and knit me together with bones and sinews.

¹²You have granted me life and loving devotion,^a

and Your care has preserved my spirit.

Footnotes

a 10:12 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You clothed me	תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי	tal·bî·šê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
with skin	ע֣וֹר	‘ō·wr	Noun - masculine singular	H5785 skin
and flesh	וּ֭בָשָׂר	ū·ḇā·śār	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
and knit me together	תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃	tə·sō·ḵə·ḵê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5526 overshadow, screen, cover
with bones	וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת	ū·ḇa·‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self
and sinews	וְ֝גִידִ֗ים	wə·ḡî·ḏîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H1517 sinew

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have granted	עָשִׂ֣יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
me	עִמָּדִ֑י	‘im·mā·ḏî	Preposition; first person common singular	H5978 along with
life	חַיִּ֣ים	ḥay·yîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2416 alive, living
and loving devotion	וָ֭חֶסֶד	wā·ḥe·seḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
and Your care	וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗	ū·p̄ə·qud·dā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6486 oversight, mustering, visitation, store
has preserved	שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה	šā·mə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
my spirit	רוּחִֽי׃	rū·ḥî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 10:11 Ezekiel 37:4–8

Job 10:12 Acts 17:28 · Job 33:4 · Acts 17:25 · Genesis 19:19 · Matthew 6:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.