Job 10 · Verse 7

Job 10:7

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Job 10:7, King James Version

Job 10:7 in other translations

BSBthough You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
WEBAlthough you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
ASVAlthough thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
YLTFor Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
DARBYSince thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?
BBEThough you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
WebsterThou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thy hand.

What does Job 10:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. "Although Thou (the Omniscient) knowest," &c. (connected with Job 10:6), "Thou searchest after my sin." and ... that none that can deliver out of thine hand--Therefore Thou hast no need to deal with me with the rapid violence which man would use (see Job 10:6).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked - While thou hast this knowledge of me and my conduct, why appear to be sifting me as if in order to find out sin; and though none can be found, treating me as though I were a transgressor?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 10:1-7

Job, being weary of his life, resolves to complain, but he will not charge God with unrighteousness. Here is a prayer that he might be delivered from the sting of his afflictions, which is sin. When God afflicts us, he contends with us; when he contends with us, there is always a reason; and it is desirable to know the reason, that we may repent of and forsake the sin for which God has a controversy with us. But…

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Job 10:7 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.

עַֽל\־'al-onH5921
דַּ֭עְתְּךָDa'.te.khaknowledge yourH1847
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֶרְשָׁ֑ע'er.Sha'I am guiltyH7561
וְאֵ֖יןve.'Einand there notH369
מִיָּדְךָ֣mi.ya.de.Khafrom hand yourH3027
מַצִּֽיל\׃ma.Tzil[is] a delivererH5337

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

Cross references for Job 10:7

  • 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.

  • Psalms 139:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

  • John 10:28-30

    And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

  • Daniel 3:15

    Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?

  • Job 42:7

    And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

  • Job 23:13-14

    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

  • Psalms 1:6

    For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  • Job 23:10

    But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Psalms 7:8-9

    The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Job 31:6

    Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou knowest. Heb. It is upon thy knowledge.
23:10; 31:6,14,35; 42:7; Ps 1:6; 7:3,8,9; 17:3; 26:1-5
Ps 139:1,2,21-24; Joh 21:17; 2Co 1:12; 1Th 2:10
and there.
23:13,14; De 32:39; Ps 50:22; Da 3:15; Ho 2:10; Joh 10:28-30

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Context

  • Job 10:6

    That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

  • Job 10:7

    Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  • Job 10:8

    Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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Job 10:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre saber tú que no soy impío, y que no hay quien de tu mano libre?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Puisque tu sais que je ne suis pas un méchant, et que nul ne délivre de ta main?
German
Elberfelder 1871		obwohl du weißt, daß ich nicht schuldig bin, und daß niemand ist, der aus deiner Hand errette?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et scias quia nihil impium fecerim, cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere?