Job 10:9 “Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me…”

Job 10:9

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

World English Bible

Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?

American Standard Version

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Geneva Bible 1599

Remember, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

Darby Translation

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

Young's Literal Translation

Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

Bible in Basic English

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

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Cross references

“Remember”

Job 7:7 Psalm 25:18 Psalm 89:47 Psalm 106:4 Psalm 25:6 Psalm 25:7

Job 7:7 · BSB

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

Psalm 25:18 · BSB

Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

Psalm 89:47 · BSB

Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

Psalm 106:4 · BSB

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

Psalm 25:6 · BSB

Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

Psalm 25:7 · BSB

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

“thou hast”

Genesis 2:7 Isaiah 64:8 Genesis 3:19 Isaiah 45:9 Jeremiah 18:6

Genesis 2:7 · BSB

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Isaiah 64:8 · BSB

But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Isaiah 45:9 · BSB

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker— one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?

Jeremiah 18:6 · BSB

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

“into dust again”

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Romans 9:21 Job 17:14 Psalm 22:15 Psalm 90:3

Ecclesiastes 12:7 · BSB

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Romans 9:21 · BSB

Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

Job 17:14 · BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Psalm 22:15 · BSB

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

Psalm 90:3 · BSB

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

10Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

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