King James Version
Job 10:8 in the King James Version says “Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have: Heb. took pains about me” — study this verse from Job chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have: Heb. took pains about me”
Job 10:8 · KJV
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have: Heb. took pains about me
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thine hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“me and fashioned”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“yet thou dost destroy”
H1104to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
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