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Job 10:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
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Quick Meaning
Job 10:7 closes the thought unit with the words “Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.” Job states “Thou knowest that I am not wicked” as one poetic claim in Job Asks God to Name the Case Against Him.
Read It With
- Job 10:1–10:7
Read Job 10:7 with 10:1–10:7. Read alone, “Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand” could lose its speaker, the question or claim it develops, and the unit's outcome. The complete movement establishes: 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.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Job continues from Job 9:25–9:35: Job pictures days racing away, rejects forced self-cleansing, and longs for a mediator who could remove fear and let him speak. Job 10:1–10:7 now develops the next distinct movement: 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. Within that relationship, Job 10:7 closes the thought unit through “Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.”
Read Job 10:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: Job 10:1–10:7 follows the pinned KJV paragraphing and holds together one sustained speech movement: “Job Asks God to Name the Case Against Him.” The next unit begins with a new stanza, question sequence, scene, speaker response, or rhetorical turn.
Verse 1. 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Verse 2. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Verse 3. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Verse 4. 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Verse 5. 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
Verse 6. 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Verse 7. 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
What Remains True
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. Honest lament, grief, protest, and need can remain inside sustained relationship without being silenced by a demand for quick explanations. Job 10:7 carries that bounded truth through “Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Make room for the speech and emotion preserved in Job 10:1–10:7; listen before explaining, do not coerce closure or silence protest, and pair companionship with the practical care the situation requires. Preserve this unit-specific boundary in the action: The accusations are part of faithful protest in the dialogue, not a settled narrator description; they do not authorize cruelty in God's name or silence toward anguish. The verse-specific evidence to retain is “Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.”
Continue in Context
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Read Job 10:1–10:7 — Job Asks God to Name the Case Against 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 10:1–10:7, 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 10:1–10:7
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 10:1–10:7.
Exact location: Official NET Job PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Job 10:1–10:7
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