Job
Job 10:8–9
8Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me.
Would You now turn and destroy me?
9Please remember that You molded me like clay.
Would You now return me to dust?
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.
Job 10:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your hands | יָדֶ֣יךָ | yā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| shaped me | עִ֭צְּבוּנִי | ‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇū·nî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H6087 hurt, pain, grieve |
| and altogether | יַ֥חַד | ya·ḥaḏ | Adverb | H3162 unitedness |
| formed me | וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי | way·ya·‘ă·śū·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| Would You now turn | סָ֝בִ֗יב | sā·ḇîḇ | Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| and destroy me | וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃ | wat·tə·ḇal·lə·‘ê·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H1104 swallow down, swallow up, engulf |
Job 10:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָ֭א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| remember | זְכָר־ | zə·ḵār- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2142 remember |
| that | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| You molded me | עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי | ‘ă·śî·ṯā·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| like clay | כַחֹ֣מֶר | ḵa·ḥō·mer | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2563 cement, mortar, clay |
| Would You now return me | תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ | tə·šî·ḇê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to | וְֽאֶל־ | wə·’el- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H413 motion to |
| dust | עָפָ֥ר | ‘ā·p̄ār | Noun - masculine singular | H6083 dry earth, dust |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 10:8 Psalm 119:73 · Job 10:3 · Isaiah 43:7 · Jeremiah 18:3–10 · Genesis 6:6–7
Job 10:9 Genesis 2:7 · Isaiah 64:8 · Genesis 3:19 · Ecclesiastes 12:7 · Psalm 25:6–7 · Jeremiah 18:6 · Isaiah 45:9 · Romans 9:21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.