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Job 10:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
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Quick Meaning
Job 10:13 closes the thought unit with the words “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.” Job develops the next stated step through “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart” as part of Job Appeals to the Creator Who Formed Him.
Job reminds the Maker of the making
This verse is one part of that explanation in Job 10:8–10:13. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Job 10:8–10:13
Read Job 10:13 with 10:8–10:13. Read alone, “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Job recalls being fashioned like clay, poured and knit together, given life and favor, then fears a hidden contrary purpose.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Job continues from Job 10:1–10:7: Job gives voice to bitter complaint and asks why God oppresses, seems to favor the wicked, and searches for sin despite knowing Job is not wicked. Job 10:8–10:13 now develops the next distinct movement: Job recalls being fashioned like clay, poured and knit together, given life and favor, then fears a hidden contrary purpose. Within that relationship, Job 10:13 closes the thought unit through “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.”
Read Job 10:8–13 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 10:8–10:13 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Job Appeals to the Creator Who Formed Him.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 8. 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Verse 9. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Verse 10. 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Verse 11. 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Verse 12. 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Verse 13. 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
What Remains True
Job recalls being fashioned like clay, poured and knit together, given life and favor, then fears a hidden contrary purpose. Honest lament, grief, protest, and need can remain inside sustained relationship without being silenced by a demand for quick explanations. Job 10:13 carries that bounded truth through “And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.”
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Job 10:8–10:13 — Job Appeals to the Creator Who Formed HimSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 10:8–10:13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 10:8–10:13
Open the fixed Hebrew Job file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Job
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Job's difficult Hebrew, syntax, older KJV language, textual issues, speech boundaries, and alternatives in Job 10:8–10:13.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 10:8–10:13
Open the official NET Job PDF ↗