Job 10 · Verse 13

Job 10:13

And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job 10:13, King James Version

Job 10:13 in other translations

BSBYet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
WEBYet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
ASVYet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
YLTAnd these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.
DARBYAnd these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
BBEBut you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:
WebsterAnd these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee.

What does Job 10:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. is with thee--was Thy purpose. All God's dealings with Job in his creation, preservation, and present afflictions were part of His secret counsel (Psa 139:16; Ac 15:18; Ec 3:11).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart - Thou hast had many gracious purposes concerning me which thou hast not made known; but thy visitations and mercy are sufficient proofs of kindness towards me; though for purposes unknown to me thou hast sorely afflicted me, and continuest to treat me as an enemy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:8-13

Job seems to argue with God, as if he only formed and preserved him for misery. God made us, not we ourselves. How sad that those bodies should be instruments of unrighteousness, which are capable of being temples of the Holy Ghost! But the soul is the life, the soul is the man, and this is the gift of God. If we plead with ourselves as an inducement to duty, God made me and maintains me, we may plead as an argument…

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Job 10:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְ֭אֵלֶּהVe.'e.lehand these [things]H428
צָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.tayou hidH6845
בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָvil.va.Ve.khain heart yourH3824
יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
זֹ֥אתzotthisH2063
עִמָּֽךְ\׃'i.Makh[was] with youH5973

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 10:13

  • Job 23:13

    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • Isaiah 45:7

    I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

  • Isaiah 46:9-11

    Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:6-7

    Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Ephesians 3:11

    According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Romans 11:33

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  • Lamentations 3:37

    Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

  • Job 23:9

    On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

  • Isaiah 45:15

    Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hid.
23:9; Ec 8:6,7; Isa 45:15; Ro 11:33
I know.
23:13; De 32:39; Isa 45:7; 46:9-11; La 3:37; Eph 3:11

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Context

  • Job 10:12

    Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

  • Job 10:13

    And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

  • Job 10:14

    If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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Job 10:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estas cosas tienes guardadas en tu corazón; yo sé que esto está cerca de ti.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu cachais ces choses dans ton cœur: je sais que cela était par-devers toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Doch solches bargest du in deinem Herzen; ich weiß, daß dieses bei dir war:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Licet hæc celes in corde tuo, tamen scio quia universorum memineris.