Job 10

Job 10:1

10:1-7 In exasperation, Job complains bitterly, asking God to explain His unreasonable behavior to one He had created. Does He act like a mere man in judging uncharitably, even when He knows that Job is not wicked? 10:8-12 Harold St. John comments on this paragraph as follows: We must not miss this amazing passage in which the Clay expostulates with the Potter and reminds God that in creating man He has assumed responsibilities from which he cannot honorably escape. 10:8 Thy hands made and fashioned me. 10:10 The formation of the physical embryo. 10:11 The growth of skin and flesh and the development of bones and sinews. 10:12 (a) The gift of “soul” with its many-sided expressions and (b) The visitation of God by which man’s highest part, the “spirit,” is conferred and preserved. 10:13-22 Why does the Lord inflict severe calamities on Job? Seemingly it makes no difference whether he is righteous or wicked; his life is filled with divine indignation. Why did God allow him to be born? But now why not let him have a little comfort before he passes off into oblivion, where even the light is like darkness?