Job 10-12

Job Cries Out to God

[8] 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You swallow me up? ... 

[10] 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese, 

[11] Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? 

[12] 'You have made alongside me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has kept my spirit. 

[Job 10:8, 10-12 LSB]

[14] I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. 

[Psa 139:14 LSB]

[5] "Before I formed you in the innermost parts I knew you, And before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I have given you as a prophet to the nations."

[Jer 1:5 LSB]

Zophar Asks, Can You Find the Depths of God?

[7] "Can you find the depths of God? Can you find the limits of the Almighty? 

[Job 11:7 LSB]

Job Answers

[7] "But now ask the beasts, and let them instruct you; And the birds of the sky, and let them tell you.

[8] "Or muse to the earth, and let it instruct you; And let the fish of the sea recount [it] to you. 

[9] "Who among all these does not know That the hand of Yahweh has done this, 

[10] In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all the flesh of man?

[Job 12:7-10 LSB]

[12] "Wisdom is with aged men, [With] long life is discernment. 

[Job 12:12 LSB]

Job Speaks of God’s Strength

[13] "With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and discernment. 

[Job 12:13 LSB]