Job 10:9

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.

10Was I not drained out like milk, becoming hard like cheese?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Job 7:7O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

Job 17:14If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

Job 34:15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Psalms 25:6O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

Psalms 89:47\89:46\How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

Matthew Henry on Job 10:9-14

8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.… Read the whole commentary →

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