Bible Strands
Job 10:7
though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks directly to God in the midst of a lament, positioned immediately after his accusation of divine scrutiny in verse 6 and before his rhetorical question about God's creative power in verse 8.
The words — אֶרְשָׁע ('er.Sha) carries the literal sense of I am guilty, while מַצִּֽיל (ma.Tzil) means deliverer, forming the core claim that no rescuer exists outside God's control.
The thread — The motif of inescapable divine authority appears in Deuteronomy 32:39, which declares no one can deliver from God's hand, and echoes the theme of divine scrutiny in Psalm 139:1. The tension between human innocence and divine judgment resurfaces in Job 42:7, where God's wrath turns toward Job's friends.
Why it lands — The text forces the reader to confront the logical collision between Job's stated innocence and God's absolute sovereignty. It demands an acknowledgment that human appeals for justice operate entirely within the bounds of divine control.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
- Psalms 139:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Daniel 3:15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- John 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
- Job 23:13 But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- Job 31:6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
- Job 31:14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
- Job 31:35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.