Job 10:11

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Job 10:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
Job 10:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Job 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, etc.] The bones with flesh, which is the under garment, and the flesh with skin, which is the upper; which is artificially composed of intricate little arteries, veins, nerves, and glands, through which the blood continually circulates, and through innumerable pores, and transpires, of which pores 125,000 may be covered with a small grain of sand f438, amazing! Timaeus Locrus f439 calls them invisible little mouths; (see <263706>Ezekiel 37:6); the order of generation seems to be observed; after the semen is hardened and consolidated, the inward parts are formed, and then the outward parts, the flesh and skin, to protect and defend them; and so are…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“fenced--or "inlaid" (Psa 139:15); "curiously wrought" [UMBREIT]. In the fÅ“tus the skin appears first, then the flesh, then the harder parts.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh - This refers, undoubtedly, to the formation of man in his foetal existence, and is designed to denote that the whole organization of the human frame was to be traced to God. Grotius remarks that this is the order in which the infant is formed - that the skin appears first, then the flesh, then the harder parts of the frame. On this subject, the reader may consult Dunglison’s Physiology, vol. ii. p. 340ff. And hast fenced me - Margin, Hedged. Literally, Hast covered me. The sense is plain. God had formed him as he was, and to him he owed his life, and all that he had. Job asks with the deepest interest whether God would take down a frame formed in…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Clothed - Covered my inward and more noble parts; which are first formed. So he proceeds in describing man's formation gradually. Bones - The stay and strength of the body; and some of them, as the skull and ribs, enclose and defend its vital parts. Job 10:12”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“clothed: Co2 5:2, Co2 5:3 fenced: Heb. hedged, Job 40:17, Job 40:18; Eze 37:4-8; Eph 4:16 Job 10:12”
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