Bible Strands
Job 10:11
You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to God, tracing his own embryonic formation to establish a factual basis for his present complaint. He moves from the description of his physical creation in the womb to a direct question about divine intent.
The words — תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי (talbišēnî) literally renders "you clothed me," and תְּסֹכְכֵנִי (tēsōkēkēnî) means "you knitted me together." These verbs describe the deliberate covering of skin and flesh and the binding of bones and sinews.
The thread — The structural imagery of bones and sinews appears in Ezekiel 37:4 during the dry bones vision and Job 40:17 describing the hippopotamus's tightly knit thighs. Ephesians 4:16 applies the same binding metaphor to the spiritual body held together by ligaments.
Why it lands — The verse states that human anatomy results from direct divine action before questioning whether that action serves preservation or judgment. It requires the reader to hold the factual reality of God's creative work alongside the unresolved tension of human suffering.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 37:4 And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
- Job 40:17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
- Ephesians 4:16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- 2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,