Job
Job 10:9–10
9Please remember that You molded me like clay.
Would You now return me to dust?
10Did You not pour me out like milk,
and curdle me like cheese?
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 10:9
| 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 |
Job 10:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did You not | הֲלֹ֣א | hă·lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| pour me out | תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי | tat·tî·ḵê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H5413 pour forth |
| like milk | כֶ֭חָלָב | ḵe·ḥā·lāḇ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2461 milk |
| and curdle me | תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃ | taq·pî·’ê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H7087 thicken, condense, congeal |
| like cheese | וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה | wə·ḵag·gə·ḇin·nāh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H1385 curd |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.