Job 10:8-9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 10:8-11: 10:8-11 A succession of images describes God’s role in creating Job. • You formed me with your hands ... made me from dust: This was how a potter made a vessel (Isa 45:9 ; Jer 18:1-12 ). Although the potter has incontestable sovereignty over the clay (Isa 45:9 ; Jer 18:5-12 ; Rom 9:20-25 ), Job was questioning God. • back to dust: This common motif in Job represents the temporary nature of life (Job 4:19 ; 7:9-10 , 21 ; 14:1-2 , 10 ; see Gen 3:19 ). • You guided my conception and formed me in the womb: The Hebrew terminology (literally You poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese ) evokes graphic images of a newborn baby still covered with the creamy substance called vernix.

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bIsa 45:9►

cJer 18:1-12►

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fRom 9:20-25►

gJob 4:19►

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‏ Job 10:8-9

Summary for Job 10:8-11: 10:8-11 ^a A succession of images describes God’s role in creating Job.

• You formed me with your hands ... made me from dust: This was how a potter made a vessel (Isa 45:9 ^b; Jer 18:1-12 ^c). Although the potter has incontestable sovereignty over the clay (Isa 45:9 ^d; Jer 18:5-12 ^e; Rom 9:20-25 ^f), Job was questioning God.

• back to dust: This common motif in Job represents the temporary nature of life (Job 4:19 ^g; 7:9-10 ^h, 21 ⁱ; 14:1-2 ^j, 10 ^k; see Gen 3:19 ^l).

• You guided my conception and formed me in the womb: The Hebrew terminology (literally You poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese) evokes graphic images of a newborn baby still covered with the creamy substance called vernix.