King James Version
Job 10:12 in the King James Version says “Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.”
Job 10:12 · KJV
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. fenced: Heb. hedged
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and favour”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
“hath preserved”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“my spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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